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==Best Individual Puzzle Winners==
==Best Individual Puzzle Winners==
* '''1996 Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1996 Best Individual Puzzle''': Opening the gate, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''[[Spider and Web]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''[[Spider and Web]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''[[Hunter, in Darkness]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Individual Puzzle''': The maze, in ''[[Hunter, in Darkness]]'' (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
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* '''2004 Best Individual Puzzle''': The time travel puzzle in ''[[All Things Devours]]'' ([[half sick of shadows]]; Z-code).
* '''2004 Best Individual Puzzle''': The time travel puzzle in ''[[All Things Devours]]'' ([[half sick of shadows]]; Z-code).
* '''2005 Best Individual Puzzle''': Following the murderer, in ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
* '''2005 Best Individual Puzzle''': Following the murderer, in ''[[Beyond]]'' ([[Roberto Grassi]], [[Paolo Lucchesi]], and [[Alessandro Peretti]]; publisher: [[Mondi Confinanti]]; Glulx).
* '''2006 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Navigating the mansion, in ''[[Delightful Wallpaper]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Individual Puzzle''': Navigating the mansion, in ''[[Delightful Wallpaper]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
* '''2007 Best Individual Puzzle''': Identifying the killer in ''[[An Act of Murder]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
* '''2008 Best Individual Puzzle''': Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key in ''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
* '''2009 Best Individual Puzzle''': Finding out how the goggles work in ''[[Byzantine Perspective]]'' ([[Lea Albaugh]]; Z-code).
* '''2010 Best Individual Puzzle''': Crossing the river in ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
* '''2011 Best Individual Puzzle''': The [[hat mystery]], spread out between ''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]'' ([[Michael D. Hilborn]]), ''[[Last Day of Summer]]'' ([[Doug Orleans]]), ''[[Playing Games]]'' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]]), and ''[[Cold Iron]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
* '''2012 Best Individual Puzzle''': Surviving the fall in ''[[Bigger Than You Think]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]], Glulx).
* '''2013 Best Individual Puzzle''': Creating the meat monster in ''[[Coloratura]]'' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
* '''2014 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Sequence of time-travel in ''[[Fifteen Minutes]]'' ([[Ade McT]]; Z-code)
* '''2015 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Understanding how the RPS cannon works in ''[[Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]; 01-Oct-2015; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2016 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Customizing the robot in ''[[The Mary Jane of Tomorrow]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; 05-Jun-2016; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2017 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Getting past the dragon in ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]; 01-Oct-2017; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2018 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Solving your murder in ''[[Erstwhile]]'' ([[Maddie Fialla]] and [[Marijke Perry]]; 01-Oct-2018; [[Twine]]).
* '''2019 Best Individual Puzzle:'''  Inspiring the artist in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]); 01-Oct-2018; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2020 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Leaving the house in ''[[The Impossible Bottle]]'' ([[Linus Åkesson]]); 01-Oct-2018; [[Dialog]]).


==Best Individual Puzzle Winners and Finalists==
==Best Individual Puzzle Winners and Finalists==
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** Finalist: (cramped, crawling), in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).  
** Finalist: (cramped, crawling), in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).  
** Finalist: Riding the creature, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Riding the creature, in ''[[So Far]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''<b>[[The Edifice]]</b>'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''1997 Best Individual Puzzle''': The language puzzle, in ''<b>[[The Edifice]]</b>'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Setting the digital clock, in ''[[Heist]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Setting the digital clock, in ''[[Heist]]'' ([[Andy Phillips]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]]'' ([[Rob Noyes]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]]'' ([[Rob Noyes]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Defeating the Kunkel, in ''[[Sins Against Mimesis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Defeating the Kunkel, in ''[[Sins Against Mimesis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Building the sand castle, in ''[[Sunset Over Savannah]]'' ([[Ivan Cockrum]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Building the sand castle, in ''[[Sunset Over Savannah]]'' ([[Ivan Cockrum]]; [[TADS 2]]).
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''<b>[[Spider and Web]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''1998 Best Individual Puzzle''': Getting out of the chair, from ''<b>[[Spider and Web]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The snack machine, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The snack machine, in ''[[Little Blue Men]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
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** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''[[The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: The clone puzzle, in ''[[The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man]]'' ([[Neil deMause]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''[[The Mulldoon Legacy]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).
** Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in ''[[The Mulldoon Legacy]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]).
*** <span style="color:red">Note: The gypsum flowers, in ''[[Jewel of Knowledge]]'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; Z-code), was never actually nominated. This was a joke made during the ceremony.</span>
*** <span style="color:red">Note: The gypsum flowers, in ''[[The Jewel of Knowledge]]'' ([[Francesco Bova]]; Z-code), was never actually nominated. This was a joke made during the ceremony.</span>
* '''2000 Best Individual Puzzle''': The whole game of ''<b>[[Rematch]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]).
* '''2000 Best Individual Puzzle''': The whole game of ''<b>[[Rematch]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]).
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[9:05]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The whole game of ''[[9:05]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
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** Finalist: Beating the creature, in ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: Beating the creature, in ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: Identifying the killer, in ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]'' (Emily Short; Z-code).
** Finalist: Identifying the killer, in ''[[Mystery House Possessed]]'' (Emily Short; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Navigating the mansion in ''[[Delightful Wallpaper]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Edgar O. Weyrd"; Z-code).
* '''2006 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: Choosing the present in ''[[Floatpoint]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: The piano puzzle in ''[[Madam Spider's Web]]'' ([[Sara Dee]]; Z-code).
** 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: The reactor puzzle in ''[[Möbius]]'' ([[J. D. Clemens]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Final puzzle in ''[[Strange Geometries]]'' ([[Phillip Chambers]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Final puzzle in ''[[Strange Geometries]]'' ([[Phillip Chambers]]; Z-code).
* '''2007 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Identifying the killer in '''''[[An Act of Murder]]''''' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
** Finalist: Getting the toy from the cabinet in ''[[Child's Play]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The thermostat puzzle in ''[[Orevore Courier]]'' ([[Brian Rapp]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Beating the shark in ''[[Slap That Fish]]'' ([[Peter Nepstad]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Opening the vault door in ''[[Suveh Nux]]'' ([[David Fisher]]; Z-code).
* '''2008 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key in '''''[[Violet]]''''' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Putting the vampire together in ''[[Afflicted]]'' ([[Doug Egan]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Calling for help in ''[[Escapade!]]'' ([[Juhana Leinonen]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The gallows in ''[[Gun Mute]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
* '''2009 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Finding out how the goggles work in '''''[[Byzantine Perspective]]''''' ([[Lea Albaugh]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Defeating the Eagle Beast in ''[[The Ascot]]'' ([[Duncan Bowsman]]; ADRIFT 4).
** Finalist: Working out the controls in ''[[Rover's Day Out]]'' ([[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]; Glulx).
* '''2010 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Crossing the river in '''''[[Aotearoa]]''''' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Deciding what to do with the baby in ''[[The Warbler's Nest]]'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Dividing up the oxygen reserves in ''[[Oxygen]]'' ([[Benjamin Sokal]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Getting the lighter from Kai in ''[[Allein mit Kai]]'' ([[Ingo Scharmann]] and [[Joana Markus]]; Glulx; German).
** Finalist: Roof tile repair in ''[[The 12:54 to Asgard]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Saving Dr. Ephart in ''[[One Eye Open]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
* '''2011 Best Individual Puzzle:''' The [[hat mystery]], spread out between '''''[[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]]''''' ([[Michael D. Hilborn]]), '''''[[Last Day of Summer]]''''' ([[Doug Orleans]]), '''''[[Playing Games]]''''' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]]), and '''''[[Cold Iron]]''''' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]).
** Finalist: Assembling the name of the final location in ''[[The Race]]'' ([[Andy Why]]).
** Finalist: Escaping the tower in ''[[Indigo]]'' ([[Emily Short]]).
** Finalist: Putting out the fire in ''[[How Suzy Got Her Powers]]'' ([[David Whyld]]).
* '''2012 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Surviving the fall in ''[[Bigger Than You Think]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]], Glulx).
** Finalist: The hold-all in ''[[A Killer Headache]]'' ([[Mike Ciul]], [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: Making a taco in ''[[Shuffling Around]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]], [[Glulx]]).
* '''2013 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Creating the meat monster in ''[[Coloratura]]'' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Maximizing your profit in ''[[Captain Verdeterre's Plunder]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Getting out of the lab in ''[[Chemistry and Physics]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Web browser).
** Finalist: Three-latch door in ''[[Faithful Companion]]'' ([[Matt Weiner]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Discovering the type of route that works in ''[[Threediopolis]]'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Earning one million dollars in ''[[ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III]]'' ([[Porpentine]]; Web browser).
* '''2014 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Sequence of time-travel in ''[[Fifteen Minutes]]'' ([[Ade McT]]; Z-code)
** Finding the treasure in ''[[More]]'' ([[Jason Dyer]]; Z-code)
* '''2015 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Understanding how the RPS cannon works in ''[[Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]; 01-Oct-2015; [[Glulx]]).
** Catching the fairy in ''[[Oppositely Opal]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]])
** The Hard Puzzle in ''[[Hard Puzzle]]'' ([[Ade McT]])
** Identifying the murderer in ''[[Toby's Nose]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]])
** The skull in ''[[Sub Rosa]]'' ([[Joey Jones]], [[Melvin Rangasamy]])
* '''2016 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Customizing the robot in ''[[The Mary Jane of Tomorrow]]'' (Emily Short); [[Glulx]]).
** Killing the vampire in ''[[16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds]]'' (Abigail Corfman)
** Sneaking quietly though the house in ''[[Detectiveland]]'' (Robin Johnson)
** Delivering the metallophilic ice to the Robotics Lab in ''[[Inside the Facility]]'' (Arthur DiBianca)
** Performing the Three Card Trick in ''[[Three-Card Trick]]'' (Chandler Groover)
** Raise a world to the Galactic Accord (worldbuilding) in ''[[Worldsmith]]'' (Interactive Fables)
* '''2017 Best Individual Puzzle:''' getting past the dragon in ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]); [[Glulx]]).
** discovering the rest of the game in ''[The Wand]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]])
** 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]])
* '''2018 Best Individual Puzzle:''' solving your murder in ''[[Erstwhile]]'' ([[Maddie Fialla, [[Marijke Perry]]); [[Twine]]).
** defeating Ynf-Okh-Omm in ''[[The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]])
** The last Flower Child puzzle in ''[[The Temple of Shorgil]]'' ([[Arthur DiBianca]])
** Rooftop puzzle in ''[[I.A.G. Alpha]]'' ([[Serhii Mozhaiskyi]])
** Werewolf/moon puzzle in ''[[The Origin of Madame Time]]'' ([[Mathbrush]])
* '''2019 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Inspiring the artist in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]); [[Glulx]]).
** Finding the good ending in ''[[Dull Grey]]'' ([[Provodnik Games]])
** Helping Madame Ping Ping with the séance in ''[[Zozzled]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
* '''2020 Best Individual Puzzle:''' Leaving the house in ''[[The Impossible Bottle]]'' ([[Linus Åkesson]]); [[Dialog]]).
** Cow tipping in ''[[Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder]]'' ([[Zan, Xavid]])
** Following the cat through the forest in ''[[Stuff of Legend]]'' ([[Lance Campbell]])
** Registering the game in ''[[Crocodracula: The Beginning]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]])
==Information from Events database==
Incomplete as not all XYZZY pages have Events infoboxes.
===Best Individual Puzzle winners===
Every year's winners:
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===Best Individual Puzzle winners and finalists===
For each year, the winner appears at top of list, and others are in alphabetical order.
[[XYZZY Awards 2019]]:
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[[XYZZY Awards 2020]]:
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==Links==
==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Individual_Puzzle XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle] at Wikipedia.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Individual_Puzzle XYZZY Award for Best Individual Puzzle] at Wikipedia.
[[Category:XYZZY Awards]] [[Category:Puzzles]]
[[Category:XYZZY Awards]] [[Category:Puzzles]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 25 March 2025

Best Individual Puzzle Winners

Best Individual Puzzle Winners and Finalists

Information from Events database

Incomplete as not all XYZZY pages have Events infoboxes.

Best Individual Puzzle winners

Every year's winners:

Event Game Puzzle
XYZZY Awards 2019 Zozzled Inspiring the artist
XYZZY Awards 2020 The Impossible Bottle Leaving the house
XYZZY Awards 2021 The Libonotus Cup Hair Swap

Best Individual Puzzle winners and finalists

For each year, the winner appears at top of list, and others are in alphabetical order.

XYZZY Awards 2019:

  • Zozzled (Puzzle: Inspiring the artist)

XYZZY Awards 2020:

Links

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