XYZZY Awards Historical Results

Best Game

• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
• The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)

Best Writing

• Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
• The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)
• Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian)

Best Story

• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher)
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
• The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)

Best Setting

• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos)
• The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher)
• The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)

Best Puzzles

• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• The Duel That Spanned the Ages (Oliver Ullmann)
• Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish)
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)

Best NPCs

• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• Dead Like Ants (C.E.J. Pacian)
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold)

Best Individual Puzzle

• Defeating the Eagle Beast in The Ascot (Duncan Bowsman)
• Finding out how the goggles work in Byzantine Perspective (Lea)
• Working out the controls in Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)

Best Individual NPC

• Lottie's mom in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• Progue in Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• Snow White in Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)

Best Individual PC

• The detective in Make It Good (Jon Ingold)
• Lottie Plum in Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati)
• Silhouette in Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian)

Best Use of Medium

• Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities)
• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed)
• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman)
• The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre)