Best Puzzles (Erins)

Browse the Erins by year:

• 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009

Or by award categories:

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• Best Writing | Best Technical Implementation | Best Use of Multimedia | Best Atmosphere | Best Puzzles | Best Humor | Best Game
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Awarded to the game with the best puzzles.

From the 2005 ballot:

Award to the game that had the most compelling puzzles that made sense and whose solutions were logical within the game’s environment, and added to the enjoyment of the game as a whole.

Best Puzzles

2002

Note: A "first age game" was written prior to 2000; a "new age game" is one written on or after 2000.

• Best Puzzles in a First Age Game: An Afternoon Visit (Mkj; 1998; AGT).
• Best Puzzles in a New Age Game: The Generic New York Apartment Building (NewKid; 1999; TADS 2).

2003

• Best Puzzles: Dear Brian (Choices and Christopher Cole; TADS 3).
  • 2nd place: Sam Shooter III: Come In Sixty Seconds (One-Eyed Jack; TADS 2).
  • 3rd place: Prom Night (Christopher Cole and Sir Gareth; TADS 2).

2004

• Best Puzzles: Santa's Little Helper (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
  • 2nd place: The Backlot (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
  • 3rd place: Sam Shooter IV: Children of the Damned (One-Eyed Jack; TADS 2).
  • 4th place: Hell in Highwater (J. Arthur; TADS 2).
  • 5th place: Breakout (Grimm Sharlak; ADRIFT).

2005

• Best Puzzles: Ideal Pacific Coast University (NewKid; 22-Apr-2005; TADS 3).
  • 2nd place: Tomorrow Never Comes (A. Bomire; 04-Feb-2005; TADS 2).
  • 3rd place: The Reunion (Moriarty; 2004; TADS 3).
  • 4th place: Fever Cabin (GoddoG; 27-Sep-2005; TADS 2).
  • 5th place: Weekend (Pierre; 26-May-2005; TADS 2).

2006

• Best Gameplay/Puzzles: Gifts of Phallius 2: The Key to Eternity (GoblinBoy; TADS 2).
  • 2nd place: Malaise (A. Ninny; TADS 2).
  • nominated: To Cage a Magpie (Lucilla Frost; TADS 2).
  • nominated: WWE - RAW's New GM (A. Bomire; TADS 2).
  • nominated: Falcon: Mean Streets (Girion; TADS 2).

2007–2008

The Best Puzzles award category was accidently left off the ballot in 2007.

There was no Erins 2008.

2009

• Best Gameplay and/or Puzzles: School Dreams 3: School Dreams Forever (GoblinBoy; 2009; TADS 3).
  • 2nd place: Last Week Before The Wedding (Raul; 2009; ADRIFT 4).
  • 3rd place: The Mechano-Menace (A. Bomire; 2009; TADS 2).