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==Best Setting==
==Best Setting Winners==
* <b>(1996): Small World</b><br>Finalists: The Light: Shelby's Addendum, Lost New York, Night at the Computer Center, So Far
* '''1996 Best Setting''': ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* <b>(1997): A Bear's Night Out</b><br>Finalists: I-0, Mercy, She's Got a Thing for a Spring, Sins Against Mimesis
* '''1997 Best Setting''': ''[[A Bear's Night Out]]'' ([[David Dyte]]; [[Z-code]]).
* <b>(1998): Anchorhead</b><br>Finalists: Losing Your Grip, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Once and Future, Spider and Web
* '''1998 Best Setting''': ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
* <b>(1999): Hunter, in Darkness</b><br>Finalists: Erehwon, For a Change, The Mulldoon Legacy, Winter Wonderland, Worlds Apart
* '''1999 Best Setting''': ''[[Hunter, in Darkness]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* <b>(2000): Shade</b><br>Finalists: LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, Metamorphoses, Nevermore, shrapnel
* '''2000 Best Setting''': ''[[Shade]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
* <b>(2001): All Roads</b><br>Finalists: Fallacy of Dawn, Fine Tuned, Heroes, Pytho's Mask, Textfire Golf
* '''2001 Best Setting''': ''[[All Roads]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
* <b>(2002): 1893: A World's Fair Mystery</b><br>Finalists: Augustine, Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, The Moonlit Tower, Savoir Faire
* '''2002 Best Setting''': ''[[1893: A World's Fair Mystery]]'' {[[Peter Nepstad]]; TADS 2).
* <b>(2003): Slouching Towards Bedlam</b><br>Finalists: City of Secrets, Gourmet, Narcolepsy, To Hell in a Hamper
* '''2003 Best Setting''': ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; Z-code).
* '''2004 Best Setting''': ''[[The Fire Tower]]'' ([[Jacqueline A. Lott]]; Z-code).
* '''2005 Best Setting''': ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Setting''': ''[[Floatpoint]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Glulx).
* '''2007 Best Setting''': ''[[Varkana]]'' ([[Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot]]; Glulx).
* '''2008 Best Setting''': ''[[Nightfall]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; Glulx).
* '''2009 Best Setting''': ''[[Blue Lacuna]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx)<br>tied with ''[[The King of Shreds and Patches]]'' ([[Jimmy Maher]]; Glulx).
* '''2010 Best Setting:''' ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
* '''2011 Best Setting:''' ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
* '''2012 Best Setting:''' ''[[Counterfeit Monkey]]'' ([[Emily Short]], [[Glulx]]).
* '''2013 Best Setting:''' ''[[Robin & Orchid]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]] and [[Emily Boegheim]]; Glulx).
* '''2014 Best Setting:''' ''[[Hadean Lands]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Glulx]], iOS)
* '''2015 Best Setting:''' ''[[Sunless Sea]]'' ([[Failbetter Games]]; 06-Feb-2015; [[StoryNexus]]).
 
==Best Setting Winners and Finalists==
* '''1996 Best Setting: ''Small World''''' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''The Light: Shelby's Addendum'' ([[Colm McCarthy]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Lost New York'' ([[Neil deMause]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Night at the Computer Center'' ([[Bonni Mierzejewska]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''So Far'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1997 Best Setting: ''A Bear's Night Out''''' ([[David Dyte]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist ''Interstate Zero'' a.k.a. ''I-0'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Mercy'' ([[Chris Klimas]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''She's Got a Thing for a Spring'' ([[Brent VanFossen]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Sins Against Mimesis'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1998 Best Setting: ''Anchorhead''''' ([[Michael Gentry]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Losing Your Grip'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Muse: An Autumn Romance'' ([[Christopher Huang]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Once and Future'' ([[Gerry Kevin Wilson]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Spider and Web'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1999 Best Setting: ''Hunter, in Darkness''''' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Erehwon'' ([[Richard Litherland]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Winter Wonderland'' ([[Laura A. Knauth]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''2000 Best Setting: ''Shade''''' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup'' ([[Paul O'Brian]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Metamorphoses'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Nevermore'' ([[Nate Cull]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Shrapnel'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''2001 Best Setting: ''All Roads''''' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Fallacy of Dawn'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; [[Hugo]]).
** Finalist: ''Fine Tuned'' ([[Dennis G. Jerz]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Heroes'' ([[Sean Barrett]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Pytho's Mask'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Textfire Golf'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''2002 Best Setting: ''1893: A World's Fair Mystery''''' {[[Peter Nepstad]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Augustine'' ([[Terrence V. Koch]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Finalist: ''Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky'' ([[Paul O'Brian]]; [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: ''The Moonlit Tower'' ([[Yoon Ha Lee]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Savoir Faire'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''2003 Best Setting: ''Slouching Towards Bedlam''''' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''City of Secrets'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: ''Gourmet'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: ''To Hell in a Hamper'' ([[J.J. Guest]]; [[Adrift]]).
* '''2004 Best Setting>: ''The Fire Tower''''' ([[Jacqueline A. Lott]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''The Dreamhold'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Future Boy!'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; [[Hugo]]).
** Finalist: ''Gamlet'' ([[Tomasz Pudlo]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Mingsheng'' ([[Deane Saunders]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''Necrotic Drift'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; [[Hugo]]).
* '''2005 Best Setting: ''[[Vespers]]''''' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; [[TADS 3]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Building]]'' ([[Poster]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Chancellor]]'' ([[Kevin Venzke]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
* '''2006 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).
* '''2007 Best Setting: ''[[Varkana]]''''' ([[Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Blighted Isle]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Ferrous Ring]]'' ([[Carma Ferris]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Lost Pig]]'' ([[Admiral Jota]] as "Grunk"; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Suveh Nux]]'' ([[David Fisher]]; Z-code).
* '''2008 Best Setting: ''[[Nightfall]]''''' ([[Eric Eve]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Buried In Shoes]]'' ([[Kazuki Mishima]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Gun Mute]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: ''[[Piracy 2.0]]'' ([[Sean Huxter]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
* '''2009 Best Setting: ''[[Blue Lacuna]]''''' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx)<br>and '''''[[The King of Shreds and Patches]]''''' ([[Jimmy Maher]]; Glulx). (There was a tie.)
** Finalist: ''[[The Duel in the Snow]]'' ([[Utkonos]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral]]'' ([[Ian Finley]] and [[Jon Ingold]]; publisher: [[Textfyre]]; [[FyreVM]]).
* '''2010 Best Setting: ''[[Aotearoa]]''''' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Gris et Jaune]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]] as "Steve van Gaal"; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: ''[[One Eye Open]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
* '''2011 Best Setting: ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]''''' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Marine Raider]]'' ([[Allen Gies]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Zombie Exodus]]'' ([[Jim Dattilo]]).
* '''2012 Best Setting: [[Counterfeit Monkey]]''' ([[Emily Short]], [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Changes]]'' ([[David Given]], [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: ''[[howling dogs]]'' ([[Porpentine]], [[Twine]])
** Finalist: ''[[Zero Summer]]'' ([[Gordon Levine]], [[Tucker Nelson]] & [[Becca Noe]], [[StoryNexus]]).
* '''2013 Best Setting: [[Robin & Orchid]]''' ([[Ryan Veeder]] and [[Emily Boegheim]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Choice of the Deathless]]'' ([[Max Gladstone]]; eReader).
** Finalist: ''[[Coloratura]]'' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: ''[[Horse Master]]'' ([[Tom McHenry]]; Web browser).
** Finalist: ''[[Their angelical understanding]]'' ([[Porpentine]]; Web browser).
* '''2014 Best Setting: [[Hadean Lands]]''' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Glulx]], iOS)
** Finalist: ''80 Days'' (inkle, Meg Jayanth; iOS, Android)
** Finalist: ''[[Invisible Parties]]'' ([[Sam Kabo Ashwell]]; Glulx)
** Finalist: ''With Those We Love Alive'' (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie; Web browser)
* '''2015 Best Setting: [[Sunless Sea]]''' ([[Failbetter Games]]; 06-Feb-2015; [[StoryNexus]]).
** Finalist: ''[[Beautiful Dreamer (by Woodson)|Beautiful Dreamer]]'' ([[S. Woodson]])
** Finalist: ''[[Chlorophyll]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
** Finalist: ''[[Neon Haze]]'' ([[Porpentine]], [[Brenda Neotenomie]])
** Finalist: ''[[Sub Rosa]]'' ([[Joey Jones]], [[Melvin Rangasamy]])
** Finalist: ''[[Summit]]'' ([[Phantom Williams]])
 
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