XYZZY Awards Historical Results
The following are the finalists for the 2011 XYZZY Awards. For more historical data, you can
return to the historical results page.Best Game
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton)
- Six (Wade Clarke)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Writing
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton)
- Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Story
- Bonehead (Sean M. Shore)
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael D. Hilborn)
- The Play (Deirdra Kiai)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Setting
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- Marine Raider (Allen Gies)
- Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton)
- Six (Wade Clarke)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Puzzles
- Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton)
- PataNoir (Simon Christiansen)
- The Race (Andy Why)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best NPCs
- Cana According To Micah (Christopher Huang)
- Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- The Play (Deirdra Kiai)
- Six (Wade Clarke)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Individual Puzzle
- Assembling the name of the final location in The Race (Andy Why)
- Escaping the tower in Indigo (Emily Short)
- The hat mystery (also in Doctor M, Last Day of Summer, and Playing Games) in Cold Iron (Andrew Plotkin)
- Putting out the fire in How Suzy Got Her Powers (David Whyld)
Best Individual NPC
- Grimloft in Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin)
- Heather in Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
- the puppy in Beet the Devil (Carolyn VanEseltine)
- Zuleika in Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder)
Best Individual PC
- Alistair Liddell in Sentencing Mr Liddell (I-K. Huuhtanen)
- Mangiasaur in Mangiasaur (DCBSupafly)
- Mentula Macanus in Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton)
- Morgoth, Lord of Darkness in A Comedy of Error Messages (Adam Le Doux)
- Nicholas St. John in Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower (C.E.J. Pacian)
- Variously-named PC in Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Implementation
- Six (Wade Clarke)
- Taco Fiction (Ryan Veeder)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Use of Innovation
- Kerkerkruip (Victor Gijsbers)
- maybe make some change (Aaron A. Reed)
- Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo)
Best Technological Development
- ADRIFT Web Runner
- Hugor
- TADS 3.1
- Vorple
Best Supplemental Materials
- Lost Islands of Alabaz: Almanac
- PDFs and screencast tutorials for Kerkerkruip
- Six's manual and feelies