After five years of fine-tuning and polishing, Éric Boutilier, of North Bay, Ont., is releasing his first board game. "So try to imagine Snakes and Ladders meets The Amazing Race," he said.

Mensans play Farms Race. Hundreds of Mensa members from across the country gathered in Portland this weekend for the 2025 Mind Games, a four-day board-game-judging marathon.