American Mensa April 1999 Mark Wiitter USA

Apples to Apples Receives the 1999 Mensa Select Award for Games

(April 1999) American Mensa, Ltd. has announced that Apples to Apples is a winner in its 10th Annual Mind Games competition the game-playing marathon to determine the nation's top new games held this year in Seattle.

Apples to Apples, is the hilarious card and party game where players match the name of a person, place or thing to characteristics of a person, place or thing.

We believe these games are the cream-of-the-crop and like many of the past winners – may become some of the best-selling games of the year, said Steve Weinreich, national chief judge, American Mensa. "These games appeal to a wide-range of game-playing enthusiasts of all ages. So you don't have to be a Mensan to play these games, you only have to be a Mensan to judge them."

Apples to Apples - selected from the 38 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 event divided more than 80 Mensans into playing groups that made their way through the games, filling out score sheets ranking each of the games.

In past years, American Mensa has selected games that have gone on to become top-sellers and award-winners such as Trivial Pursuit, Taboo, Tri-bond, and Scattergories.

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