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American Mensa Ltd., the high-IQ society, is proud to announce that the five winners of its 2000 Mind Games competition - a game-playing marathon to determine the nation's top new games; will be displayed in all 560 Barnes & Noble stores (B&N) nationwide and on their Web site. Effective in November 2000, the top five games are being displayed at the end of a main aisle in B&N stores.
The hottest new games for 2000 to receive the Mensa Select® seal are as follows:
· 3 StonesTM (Enginuity Games, $29.95, www.enginuity.com)
Strategy game in which you draw a stone from the pouch and play it to make three in a row of your color. If you draw your opponent's color, you must play it anyway!
· Finish LinesTM (Games for All Reasons, $29.95, www.game-board.com)
Board game that challenges players to complete popular phrases from TV, movies, literature, history, nursery rhymes, proverbs, science, religion, sports and music.
· IMAgiNiffTM (Buffalo Games, $30.00, www.buffalogames.com)
IMAgiNiff. . .your best friend were an animal, or the president was a car, what would they be? Just imagine what the other players are most like; continue selecting the most popular answer to win the game. It's a different game every time you play.
· Times Up!TM (R & R Games, $19.95, www.rnrgames.com)
Fast-paced, hilarious party game where players scramble to get their teammates to identify as many celebrities from the Deck of Fame as possible before. . . Times Up!
· ZertzTM (Rio Grande Games, $29.95, www.riograndegames.com)
Strategy game played on a board that gets smaller during the game. The first player to capture three white, four gray or five black marbles wins.
"The Mensa Mind Games winners are challenging games that we feel are quality products to offer our customers," said Ellen Heaney, buyer and gift director of Barnes & Noble.
The games - selected from those entered by manufacturers ranging from mom-and-pops to national companies - were judged on originality, game play, play value, aesthetics and clarity of instructions.
The annual event divides more than 80 Mensans into playing groups that make their way through the games, filling out score sheets, and ranking each of the games.
In previous years, American Mensans have selected games that have gone on to become top-sellers and award-winners such as Scattergories, Trivial Pursuit and Terrace. One of the 1997 Mind Games winners, Quoridor, was chosen by Games Magazine as its Game of the Year.
Based in Arlington, Texas, American Mensa is for anyone who scores in the top 2 percent of the general population on a standardized intelligence test. The organization has approximately 47,000 members. For more information about applying for membership, interested persons can call (800) 66-MENSA or visit www.previous.us.mensa.org.
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