XYZZY Awards Historical Results

Best Game

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)
• Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)
• I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)

Best Writing

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Human Errors (Katherine Morayati)
• Tethered (Linus Åkesson)

Best Story

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)
• Dead Man's Fiesta (Ed Sibley)
• Dungeon Detective (Wonaglot, Caitlin Mulvihill)

Best Setting

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)
• Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling)

Best Puzzles

• I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)
• Illuminismo Iniziato (Michael J. Coyne)
• Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey)
• The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening (Ryan Veeder)
• The Temple of Shorgil (Arthur DiBianca)

Best NPCs

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Animalia (Ian Michael Waddell)
• Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla, Marijke Perry)

Best Individual Puzzle

• 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)
• solving your murder in Erstwhile (Maddie Fialla, Marijke Perry)
• Werewolf/moon puzzle in The Origin of Madame Time (Mathbrush)

Best Individual NPC

• Arthur the cat in Charming (Kaylah Facey)
• The Bogeyman in Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
• Colin Ritman in Bandersnatch (Charlie Brooker, David Slade)
• Crystal in Illuminismo Iniziato (Michael J. Coyne)
• Lemmy in Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303 (Victor Gijsbers (as VigiMech Corporation))
• Ruslan in I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)

Best Individual PC

• Author in Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)
• Jacob Morris in Grimnoir (ProP)
• the Magpie in Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Nikolai in I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)
• silver agent in Six Silver Bullets (William Dooling)

Best Implementation

• Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
• Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)
• Junior Arithmancer (Mike Spivey)
• The Master of the Land (Pseudavid)

Best Use of Innovation

• Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)
• I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)
• Re: Dragon (Jack Welch)
• Restless (Emily Short)

Best Technological Development

• Dialog
• Fabularium
• Ozmoo
• Vorple 3

Best Use of Multimedia

• Bandersnatch (Charlie Brooker, David Slade)
• DEVOTIONALIA (G. Grimoire)
• Ürs (Christopher Hayes, Daniel Talsky)
• Soft Earth (Jon Sorce)
• StupidRPG (Steven Richards)
• Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (Dim Bulb Games)