{"id":555,"date":"2021-09-24T15:26:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=555"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:42:38","slug":"xyzzy-awards-2020-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"XYZZY Awards 2020: final round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The results of the first round are complete; congratulations to our finalists! Voting is now open for the second and final round, and will remain open through October 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details, go here<\/a>. You can log in here<\/a> (you\u2019ll get kicked back to the front page, but you are in fact logged in) and then vote here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Anyone may vote, but you are asked not to vote for your own work, or to organise voters to support a particular game or slate thereof.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The finalists of the Awards are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Game<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
  • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
  • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)<\/li>
  • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li>
  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Night Road (Kyle Marquis)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Best Writing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)<\/li>
    • Limerick Quest (Pace Smith)<\/li>
    • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
    • Scents & Semiosis (Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee)<\/li>
    • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Best Story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • Electric word, “life” (Lance Nathan)<\/li>
      • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
      • Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi “Bez” Norbez)<\/li>
      • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
      • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
      • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)<\/li>
      • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Best Setting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        • Ascension of Limbs (AKheon)<\/li>
        • The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo)<\/li>
        • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
        • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)<\/li>
        • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)<\/li>
        • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>
        • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
        • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)<\/li>
        • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Best Puzzles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          • The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo)<\/li>
          • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
          • JELLY (Tom Lento, Chandler Groover)<\/li>
          • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
          • Sage Sanctum Scramble (Arthur DiBianca)<\/li>
          • Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan, Xavid)<\/li>
          • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
          • Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Best NPCs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
            • Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)<\/li>
            • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)<\/li>
            • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
            • Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
            • Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Best Individual Puzzle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              • Cow tipping in Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan, Xavid)<\/li>
              • Following the cat through the forest in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
              • Leaving the house in The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
              • Registering the game in Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Best Individual NPC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                • Kingfisher in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li>
                • The parrot in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)<\/li>
                • Sassy Britches in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
                • Sister in Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi “Bez” Norbez)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Best Individual PC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                  • The Demon in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)<\/li>
                  • The doppelganger in Doppeljobs (Lei)<\/li>
                  • Elizabeth Boldan in Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)<\/li>
                  • Ichabod Stuff in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)<\/li>
                  • Magpie in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)<\/li>
                  • Open Sorcerer in A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    Best Implementation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                    • 4×4 Galaxy (Agnieszka Trzaska)<\/li>
                    • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
                    • Limerick Quest (Pace Smith)<\/li>
                    • The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)<\/li>
                    • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>
                    • A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
                    • Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Best Use of Innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                      • The Curs\u00e8d Pickle of Shireton (Hanon Ondricek)<\/li>
                      • The Impossible Bottle (Linus \u00c5kesson)<\/li>
                      • JELLY (Tom Lento, Chandler Groover)<\/li>
                      • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>
                      • The Prongleman Job (Arthur DiBianca)<\/li>
                      • Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)<\/li>
                      • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        Best Technological Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                        • Adventuron<\/li>
                        • Dialog<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          Best Use of Multimedia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                          • Babyface (Mark Sample)<\/li>
                          • Congee (Becci)<\/li>
                          • Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder)<\/li>
                          • A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)<\/li>
                          • Present Quest (Errol Elumir)<\/li>
                          • Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)<\/li>
                          • Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                            The results of the first round are complete; congratulations to our finalists! Voting is now open for the second and final round, and will remain open through October 3rd. The XYZZYs use your IF Comp login; if you need to register an account with the Comp, or you\u2019ve forgotten your account details, go here. You can log […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xyzzyawards.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}