The votes have been tallied and we are now almost at the end of the XYZZY Awards 2018. One final round of voting remains, however, so that we may find the victors amidst the 40+ finalists. So what are you waiting for, pen and paper?
Now, while the number of interactive tales of fictional content has been reduced from 306 to 41, the category count remains at a solid 13 – including the usual one for tech, Best Technological Development – and getting as many people to vote as humanly possible is equally important. Perhaps even more so, because, you know, final round and all.
As always, you’ll need to either create an account (or, you know, login if you already have one), after which… did I mention the voting? Wait, no. Something’s missing. Hmm… ah! Right. Play the games before casting any votes! No really, that’s how the system works, and you don’t want to be messing with the system, now do you?
This final round of voting will end on… let’s see… ah, August 9th. Simple enough, right? So best of luck to every last finalist!
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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)
the 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 3.1
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)
