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AdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesReferencesDiscussionDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic text{{Xyzzies}} The [[XYZZY Awards 2017]] were organized by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]]. ==Dates== * May 13, 2018: Deadline for first-round voting. * June 1, 2018: Deadline for second-round voting. ==2017 XYZZY Awards Winners== * '''Best Game: [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]). * '''Best Writing: [[Eat Me]]''' ([[Chandler Groover]]). * '''Best Story: [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]). * '''Best Setting: [[1958: Dancing With Fear]]''' ([[Victor Ojuel]]). * '''Best Puzzles: [[The Wand]]''' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]). * '''Best NPCs: [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]). * '''Best Individual Puzzle: getting past the dragon in [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]). * '''Best Individual NPC: Squire Tuck in [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]). * '''Best Individual PC: Fred Strickland in [[Will Not Let Me Go]]''' ([[Stephen Granade]]). * '''Best Implementation: [[Eat Me]]''' ([[Chandler Groover]]). * '''Best Use of Innovation: [[Harmonia]]''' ([[Liza Daly]]). * '''Best Technological Development: [[Vorple]] for Glulx'''). * '''Best Use of Multimedia: [[Harmonia]]''' ([[Liza Daly]]). ==2017 XYZZY Awards Finalists== * '''Best Game''' ** ''[[American Angst]]'' ([[m3g1dd0]]) ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''[[The Owl Consults]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]]) ** ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) * '''Best Writing''' ** ''[[Absence of Law]]'' ([[mathbrush]]) ** ''[[American Angst]]'' ([[m3g1dd0]]) ** ''[[dripping with the waters of SHEOL]]'' ([[Lady Isak Grozny]]) ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''[[Will Not Let Me Go]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]) * '''Best Story''' ** ''[[1958: Dancing With Fear]]'' ([[Victor Ojuel]]) ** ''[[American Angst]]'' ([[m3g1dd0]]) ** ''[[Harmonia]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]) ** ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''[[Will Not Let Me Go]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]) ** ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) * '''Best Setting''' ** ''[[1958: Dancing With Fear]]'' ([[Victor Ojuel]]) ** ''[[Absence of Law]]'' ([[mathbrush]]) ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[Tuuli]]'' ([[Daurmith & Ruber Eaglenest]]) ** ''[[Voyageur]]'' ([[Bruno Dias]]) * '''Best Puzzles''' ** ''[[Absence of Law]]'' ([[mathbrush]]) ** ''[[A Beauty Cold and Austere]]'' ([[Mike Spivey]]) ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[The Owl Consults]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]]) ** ''[[The Wand]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]) ** ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) * '''Best NPCs''' ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''[[The Owl Consults]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]]) ** ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) * '''Best Individual Puzzle''' ** ''discovering the rest of the game in [The Wand]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]) ** ''getting past the dragon in [[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) ** ''getting through the undersea vent in [[Measureless to Man]]'' ([[Ivan R.]]) ** ''Learning the [[Cycle in The Wand]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]]) ** ''Milking the cow in [[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''Navigating the swamp in [[Crocodracula: What Happened to Calvin]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]) * '''Best Individual NPC''' ** ''Anja Kaczmarek in [[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''Kaz Kaczmarek in [[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''The narrator in [[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''Olivia Kwon in [[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''Squire Tuck in [[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]) * '''Best Individual PC''' ** ''Amelia Derringer in [[The Owl Consults]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]]) ** ''Fred Strickland in [[Will Not Let Me Go]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]) ** ''Kareene Veet in [[Word of the Day]]'' ([[Richard Otter]]) ** ''Lev/Lyubov in [[dripping with the waters of SHEOL]]'' ([[Lady Isak Grozny]]) ** ''Nadia Nazari in [[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''Salomé Vélez in [[1958: Dancing With Fear]]'' ([[Victor Ojuel]]) * '''Best Implementation''' ** ''[[Absence of Law]]'' ([[mathbrush]]) ** ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]]) ** ''[[Harmonia]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]) ** ''[[Seedship]]'' ([[John Ayliff]]) ** ''[[Thaumistry: In Charm’s Way]]'' ([[Bob Bates]]) * '''Best Use of Innovation''' ** ''[[10pm]]'' ([[litrouke]]) ** ''[[Harmonia]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]) ** ''[[Unit 322]]'' ([[Disambiguation]])]]'' ([[Jonny Muir]]) ** ''[[Voyageur]]'' ([[Bruno Dias]]) * '''Best Technological Development''' ** ''[[Vorple for Glulx]] * '''Best Use of Multimedia''' ** ''[[10pm]]'' ([[litrouke]]) ** ''[[Absence of Law]]'' ([[mathbrush]]) ** ''[[Harmonia]]'' ([[Liza Daly]]) ** ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]) ** ''[[The Rats in the Bulkheads]]'' ([[Bruno Dias]]) ** ''[[Salt]]'' ([[Gareth Damian Martin]]) ==Links== * '''[http://xyzzyawards.org/ XYZZY Awards site]''': {{stub|Dates, entries, platforms.}} [[Category:XYZZY Awards]] [[Category:2017]]