XYZZY Awards Historical Results
The following are the finalists for the 2021 XYZZY Awards. For more historical data, you can
return to the historical results page.Best Game
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Writing
- The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Dr Horror's House of Terror (Ade McT)
- Sting (Mike Russo)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Story
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Excalibur (J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, Duncan Bowsman)
- Off-Season at the Dream Factory (B.J. Best (as "Carroll Lewis"))
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Setting
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- The Golden Heist (George Lockett, Rob Thorman)
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
Best Puzzles
- Dr Horror's House of Terror (Ade McT)
- Grooverland (Mathbrush)
- Gruesome (Robin Johnson)
- The Song of the Mockingbird (Mike Carletta)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best NPCs
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
- Mean Mother Trucker (Bitter Karella)
Best Individual Puzzle
- Dead Armadillo in Mean Mother Trucker (Bitter Karella)
- Hair Swap in The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- The movable stage with the laserfight in Grooverland (Mathbrush)
- The statuette puzzle in The Golden Heist (George Lockett, Rob Thorman)
Best Individual NPC
- Cécile in The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- The Green Knight in At King Arthur's Christmas Feast (Travis Moy)
- Liz in Sting (Mike Russo)
- Melpomene in Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires (E. Joyce, N. Cormier)
- Ottoline in The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- Riley in And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Skeleton in Gruesome (Robin Johnson)
- The Witch in And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
Best Individual PC
- Aiden Tunney in The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Big Ester in Mean Mother Trucker (Bitter Karella)
- Emerson in And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Marid in The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
Best Implementation
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Dr Horror's House of Terror (Ade McT)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- Open Sorcery: Sea++ (Abigail Corfman)
- The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)
Best Use of Innovation
- 4x4 Archipelago (Agnieszka Trzaska)
- Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- Excalibur (J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, Duncan Bowsman)
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)
- The Last Night of Alexisgrad (Milo van Mesdag)
- What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)
Best Technological Development
- FrankenDrift release
- Gruescript release
Best Use of Multimedia
- Cygnet Committee (P.B. Parjeter)
- Fish & Dagger (grave snail games)
- Off-Season at the Dream Factory (B.J. Best (as "Carroll Lewis"))
- [PYG]MALION* (C.J.)