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1999 Xyzzy Awards Winners

The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on ifMUD. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1999.)

• Best Game - Varicella, by Adam Cadre
• Best Writing - For a Change, by Dan Schmidt
• Best Story - Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton
• Best Setting - Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
• Best Puzzles - The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold
• Best NPCs - Varicella, by Adam Cadre
• Best Individual Puzzle - The maze, in Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
• Best Individual NPC - Miss Sierra, in Varicella, by Adam Cadre
• Best Individual PC - Primo Varicella, in Varicella, by Adam Cadre
• Best Use of Medium - Aisle, by Sam Barlow

1999

• Best Game: Varicella
  Finalists: For a Change, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart
• Best Individual NPC: Varicella
  Finalists: Exhibition, Hunter, in Darkness, Worlds Apart
• Best Individual PC: Varicella
  Finalists: Aisle, A Day for Soft Food, Exhibition, Winchester's Nightmare
• Best Individual Puzzle: Hunter, in Darkness
  Finalists: Break-In, For a Change, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy
• Best NPCs: Varicella
  Finalists: A Day for Soft Food, The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man, The Mulldoon Legacy, Worlds Apart
• Best Puzzles: The Mulldoon Legacy
  Finalists: Lunatix, Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina, Varicella, Worlds Apart
• Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness
  Finalists: Erehwon, For a Change, The Mulldoon Legacy, Winter Wonderland, Worlds Apart
• Best Story: Worlds Apart
  Finalists: Aisle, Common Ground, Lunatix, The Mulldoon Legacy, Varicella
• Best Use of Medium: Aisle
  Finalists: Hunter, in Darkness, Six Stories, Varicella, Worlds Apart
• Best Writing: For a Change
  Finalists: Exhibition, Lunatix, Varicella, Worlds Apart