XYZZY Awards (Best Individual NPC)

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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Statistics

Best Individual NPC Winners

1996 Best Individual NPC Three-way tie:
- The burin, in Frobozz Magic Support (Nate Cull; TADS 2).
- Evan, in Kissing the Buddha's Feet (Leon Lin; TADS 2).
- The Devil in Small World (Andrew Pontious; TADS 2).
1997 Best Individual NPC: Bob, in She's Got a Thing for a Spring (Brent VanFossen; Z-code).
1998 Best Individual NPC: The interrogator, in Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
1999 Best Individual NPC: Miss Sierra, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
2000 Best Individual NPC: Galatea, in Galatea (Emily Short; Z-code).
2001 Best Individual NPC: Yehoweh Porn, in Fallacy of Dawn (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
2002 Best Individual NPC: Boldo in Lock & Key (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
2003 Best Individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
2004 Best Individual NPC: Audrey in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
2005 Best Individual NPC: The storyteller in Whom the Telling Changed (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
2006 Best Individual NPC: Leela in The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
2007 Best Individual NPC: The gnome in Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).

Best Individual NPC Winners and Finalists

1996 Best Individual NPC: The burin, in Frobozz Magic Support (Nate Cull; TADS 2);
also Evan, in Kissing the Buddha's Feet (Leon Lin; TADS 2);
and The Devil in Small World (Andrew Pontious; TADS 2). (It was a three-way tie.)
- Finalist: Leo the Lemming, in Phlegm (Jason Dyer; Z-code).
- Finalist: Christopher Robin, in Ralph (Miron Schmidt; Z-code).
1997 Best Individual NPC: Bob, in She's Got a Thing for a Spring (Brent VanFossen; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Stranger, in The Edifice ((Lucian P. Smith; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The Taco Junta girl, in I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: The cow, in The Lost Spellmaker (Neil James Brown; Z-code).
- Finalist: The devil, in Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton; Z-code).
1998 Best Individual NPC: The interrogator, in Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Michael, in Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: The troll, in Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa; Z-code).
- Finalist: The wolf, in Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; Z-code).
- Finalist: Alley, in Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
1999 Best Individual NPC: Miss Sierra, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in Exhibition (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The wumpus, in Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
2000 Best Individual NPC: Galatea, in Galatea (Emily Short; Z-code).
- Finalist: The King, in Augmented Fourth (Brian Uri; Z-code).
- Finalist: Melvin, in Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
- Finalist: The alien, in Fail-Safe (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Angel, in My Angel (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
2001 Best Individual NPC: Yehoweh Porn, in Fallacy of Dawn (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
- Finalist: Grant Stern, in Best of Three (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: The droke, in The Gostak (Carl Muckenhoupt; Z-code).
- Finalist: Space Moose, in Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country (Adam Thornton; Glulx).
- Finalist: Cheryl, in The Weapon (Sean Barrett; Z-code).
2002 Best Individual NPC: Boldo in Lock & Key (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Emily in Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
- Finalist: Musculo in Lock & Key (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Charles in The Temple (Johan Berntsson; Z-code).
- Finalist: Nebusan Sedonkawa in When Help Collides (J. D. Berry; Z-code).
2003 Best Individual NPC: Triage in Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: The bookseller in City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Corvallis Oregon in Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: Iona in Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Galen in Shadows on the Mirror (Chrysoula Tzavelas; TADS 3).
2004 Best Individual NPC: Audrey in Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
- Finalist: Bob Finger in Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
- Finalist: Jacek in Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
- Finalist: Dr. Todd in The Great Xavio (Reese Warner; Z-code).
- Finalist: Xojo in Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).
2005 Best Individual NPC: The storyteller in Whom the Telling Changed (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Finalist: Agrath in All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Ralph in Flat Feet (Joel Ray Holveck; Z-code).
- Finalist: Val in Gilded (John Evans as "A Hazard"; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Cecilia in Vespers (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
2006 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).
2007 Best Individual NPC: The gnome in Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
- Finalist: Zoe in Child's Play (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
- Finalist: Gunwar in Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom (S. John Ross; publisher: Cumberland Games; Z-code).

(Note that there were only three nominations for Best Individual NPC in 2007.)

Links

XYZZY Award for Best Individual NPC at Wikipedia.