XYZZY Awards 2006

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2006 XYZZY Award Winners

• Best Game: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
• Best Writing: Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
• Best Story: The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
• Best Setting: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
• Best Puzzles: Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
• Best NPCs: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
• Best Individual Puzzle: Navigating the mansion in Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
• Best Individual NPC: Leela in The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
• Best Individual PC: PC in Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
• Best Use of Medium: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).

2006 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists

• Best Game: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
  • Finalist: The Primrose Path (Nolan Bonvouloir; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; Hugo).

• Best Writing: Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Legion (Jason Devlin as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Pantomime (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).

• Best Story: The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Moon-Shaped (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Pantomime (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
  • Finalist: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).

• Best Setting: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Ekphrasis (JB; Glulx; French).
  • Finalist: Star City (Mark Sachs; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Strange Geometries (Phillip Chambers; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Unauthorized Termination (Richard Otter; ADRIFT 4).

• Best Puzzles: Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Möbius (J. D. Clemens; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
  • Finalist: The Warlord, The Princess & The Bulldog (David Whyld; ADRIFT 4).

• Best NPCs: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Aunts and Butlers (Robin Douglas Johnson; DHTML).
  • Finalist: Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Moon-Shaped (Jason Ermer; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).

• Best Individual Puzzle: Navigating the mansion in Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Choosing the present in Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: The piano puzzle in Madam Spider's Web (Sara Dee; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The reactor puzzle in Möbius (J. D. Clemens; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Final puzzle in Strange Geometries (Phillip Chambers; Z-code).

• Best Individual NPC: Leela in The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
  • Finalist: The butler in Aunts and Butlers (Robin Douglas Johnson; DHTML).
  • Finalist: John in Legion (Jason Devlin as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: God in The Bible Retold (Justin Morgan and "Celestianpower"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The gargoyle in The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).

• Best Individual PC: PC in Delightful Wallpaper (Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Legion in Legion (Jason Devlin as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).
  • Finalist: PC in The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
  • Finalist: PC in The Primrose Path (Nolan Bonvouloir; Z-code).
  • Finalist: PC in The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder as Anonymous; Hugo).

• Best Use of Medium: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
  • Finalist: Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game (Riff Conner; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies (Øyvind Thorsby; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Bronze (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Legion (Jason Devlin as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).

Links

• 2006 XYZZY Awards Nominees. The deadline for first-round voting was Sunday, February 11, 2007, at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
• 2006 XYZZY Awards Finalists. The deadline for second-round voting was Thursday, March 1, 2007, at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
• Winning Games of 2006
• The online award ceremony was held on ifMUD on Sunday, March 4th, 2007 at 5pm eastern (2pm pacific, 10pm GMT).
  • Ceremony transcript in one text file at XYZZYnews. Contains the peanut-gallery channel chat.