XYZZY Awards 2020

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See also:

• Statistics

The XYZZY Awards 2020 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.

Dates

• 10-Sep-2021: First round voting opens.
• 21-Sep-2021: Last day of first round voting. "First-round voting will remain open through the 21st of September (US-Pacific time)."
• 24-Sep-2021: Second round voting opens.
• 03-Oct-2021: Last day of second round voting.
• 08-Oct-2021: Final results announced.

2020 XYZZY Awards Winners

• Best Game: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road (Kyle Marquis)
• Best Writing: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
• Best Story: A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
• Best Setting: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
• Best Puzzles: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
• Best NPCs: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
• Best Individual Puzzle: Leaving the house in The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
• Best Individual NPC: tie: the parrot in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush), and Kingfisher in Vain * Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
• Best Individual PC: The doppelganger in Doppeljobs (Lei)
• Best Implementation: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
• Best Use of Innovation: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
• Best Technological Development: Adventuron
• Best Use of Multimedia: Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder, Harrison Gerard)

2020 XYZZY Awards Finalists

• Best Game
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)
  • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Night Road (Kyle Marquis)

• Best Writing
  • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
  • Limerick Quest (Pace Smith)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Scents & Semiosis (Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee)
  • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)

• Best Story
  • Electric word, “life” (Lance Nathan)
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi “Bez” Norbez)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)
  • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)

• Best Setting
  • Ascension of Limbs (AKheon)
  • The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo)
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
  • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
  • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)
  • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)

• Best Puzzles
  • The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo)
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • JELLY (Tom Lento, Chandler Groover)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Sage Sanctum Scramble (Arthur DiBianca)
  • Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan, Xavid)
  • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)

• Best NPCs
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
  • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)

• Best Individual Puzzle
  • Cow tipping in Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan, Xavid)
  • Following the cat through the forest in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Leaving the house in The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • Registering the game in Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder)

• Best Individual NPC
  • Kingfisher in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
  • The parrot in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
  • Sassy Britches in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Sister in Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi “Bez” Norbez)

• Best Individual PC
  • The Demon in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
  • The doppelganger in Doppeljobs (Lei)
  • Elizabeth Boldan in Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)
  • Ichabod Stuff in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
  • Magpie in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
  • Open Sorcerer in A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)

• Best Implementation
  • 4×4 Galaxy (Agnieszka Trzaska)
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • Limerick Quest (Pace Smith)
  • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
  • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
  • Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)

• Best Use of Innovation
  • The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek)
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
  • JELLY (Tom Lento, Chandler Groover)
  • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
  • The Prongleman Job (Arthur DiBianca)
  • Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)
  • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)

• Best Technological Development
  • Adventuron
  • Dialog

• Best Use of Multimedia
  • Babyface (Mark Sample)
  • Congee (Becci)
  • Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder)
  • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
  • Present Quest (Errol Elumir)
  • Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)
  • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)

Links

• XYZZY Awards site:
  • XYZZY Awards 2020: first round. September 10, 2021.
  • XYZZY Awards 2020: final round. September 24, 2021.
  • XYZZY Awards 2020: winners. October 8, 2021.

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