17 September 06 - 20:47New British Mensa Website Due

If I recall correctly, the new British Mensa website is intended to go live in September 2006 at the AG. The old one has been around years and is a little creaky- not so easy to search, and it usually takes about 8 clicks to get anywhere.

One of the problems with Mensa is that it has members of all ages and technical ability. Passing an IQ test is not a guarantee that you can operate a VCR or even use the web. So moves to make Mensa wholely web based risks disenfranchising a proportion of members. As time goes on, the numbers of such luddites will dwindle. It won't happen soon but there must come a time?

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13 September 06 - 10:11Mensa Games The Game of Set

Had you been in a pub on Baker Street (London), last night, you might have observed 6 mensans playing card, dice and board games. I don't think you could isolate Mensa and games playing. E.g. there is the Mensa Games in the UK and the Mensa Select weekend in the USA. And before you ask, yes I did play D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) when younger!

One of the games we played was Set. This is a pack of cards with one, two or three shapes on each card. 12 cards are turned face up and all the players have to scan them looking for sets of three with matching or not matching attributes. Think its easy- have a look on the maker's website.
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