XYZZY Awards (Best Setting)
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Best Setting Winners
- 1996 Best Setting: Small World (Andrew Pontious; TADS 2).
- 1997 Best Setting: A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte; Z-code).
- 1998 Best Setting: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- 1999 Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- 2000 Best Setting: Shade (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- 2001 Best Setting: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- 2002 Best Setting: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery {Peter Nepstad; TADS 2).
- 2003 Best Setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- 2004 Best Setting: The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
- 2005 Best Setting: Vespers (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
- 2006 Best Setting: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
- 2007 Best Setting: Varkana (Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot; Glulx).
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Best Setting Winners and Finalists
- 1996 Best Setting: Small World (Andrew Pontious; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The Light: Shelby's Addendum (Colm McCarthy; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lost New York (Neil deMause; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Night at the Computer Center (Bonni Mierzejewska; Z-code).
- Finalist: So Far (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- 1997 Best Setting: A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte; Z-code).
- Finalist Interstate Zero a.k.a. I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Mercy (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
- Finalist: She's Got a Thing for a Spring (Brent VanFossen; Z-code).
- Finalist: Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton; Z-code).
- 1998 Best Setting: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Finalist: Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- 1999 Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Erehwon (Richard Litherland; TADS 2).
- Finalist: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Winter Wonderland (Laura A. Knauth; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- 2000 Best Setting: Shade (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup (Paul O'Brian; Z-code).
- Finalist: Metamorphoses (Emily Short; Z-code).
- Finalist: Nevermore (Nate Cull; Z-code).
- Finalist: Shrapnel (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- 2001 Best Setting: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Fallacy of Dawn (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
- Finalist: Fine Tuned (Dennis G. Jerz; Z-code).
- Finalist: Heroes (Sean Barrett; Z-code).
- Finalist: Pytho's Mask (Emily Short; Z-code).
- Finalist: Textfire Golf (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- 2002 Best Setting: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery {Peter Nepstad; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Augustine (Terrence V. Koch; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
- Finalist: The Moonlit Tower (Yoon Ha Lee; Z-code).
- Finalist: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
- 2003 Best Setting: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
- Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gourmet (Aaron A. Reed; Z-code).
- Finalist: Narcolepsy (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
- Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).
- 2004 Best Setting>: The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
- Finalist: Gamlet (Tomasz Pudlo; Z-code).
- Finalist: Mingsheng (Deane Saunders; Z-code).
- Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
- 2005 Best Setting: Vespers (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
- Finalist: All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Building (Mike Tulloch; Z-code).
- Finalist: Chancellor (Kevin Venzke; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Distress (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
- 2006 Best Setting: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: Ekphrasis (JB; Glulx; French).
- Finalist: Star City (Mark Sachs; Z-code).
- Finalist: Strange Geometries (Phillip Chambers; Z-code).
- Finalist: Unauthorized Termination (Richard Otter; ADRIFT 4).
- 2007 Best Setting: Varkana (Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot; Glulx).
- Finalist: Blighted Isle (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Ferrous Ring (Carma Ferris; Glulx).
- Finalist: Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
- Finalist: Suveh Nux (David Fisher; Z-code).
