XYZZY Awards 2020
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| XYZZY Awards 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Competition | |
| Part of series | XYZZY Awards |
| Website | https://xyzzyawards.org/ |
| Organiser | Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Results | |
| Winner: Best Game | Vampire: The Masquerade |
| Finalist: Best Game | The Impossible Bottle |
| Finalist: Best Game | A Rope of Chalk |
| Finalist: Best Game | Tavern Crawler |
| Finalist: Best Game | Vain Empires |
| Winner: Best Writing | Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Limerick Quest |
| Finalist: Best Writing | A Rope of Chalk |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Scents & Semiosis |
| Finalist: Best Writing | Stuff of Legend |
| Winner: Best Story | A Rope of Chalk |
| Finalist: Best Story | Electric word, "life" |
| Finalist: Best Story | The Impossible Bottle |
| Finalist: Best Story | Lore Distance Relationship |
| Finalist: Best Story | Stuff of Legend |
| Finalist: Best Story | Tavern Crawler |
| Finalist: Best Story | Vain Empires |
| Winner: Best Setting | Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale |
| Winner: Best Puzzles | The Impossible Bottle |
| Winner: Best NPCs | Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale |
| Winner: Best Individual Puzzle | The Impossible Bottle (Leaving the house) |
| Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle | Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Cow tipping) |
| Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle | Stuff of Legend (Following the cat through the forest) |
| Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle | Crocodracula: The Beginning (Registering the game) |
| Winner: Best Individual NPC | Vain Empires (Kingfisher) |
| Winner: Best Individual NPC | The Magpie Takes the Train (The parrot) |
| Winner: Best Individual PC | Doppeljobs (The doppelganger) |
| Winner: Best Implementation | The Impossible Bottle |
| Winner: Best Use of Innovation | The Impossible Bottle |
| Winner: Best Technological Development | Adventuron |
| Winner: Best Use of Multimedia | Crocodracula: The Beginning |
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The XYZZY Awards 2020 were organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Dates
- 10-Sep-2021: First round voting opens.
- 21-Sep-2021: Last day of first round voting. "First-round voting will remain open through the 21st of September (US-Pacific time)."
- 24-Sep-2021: Second round voting opens.
- 03-Oct-2021: Last day of second round voting.
- 08-Oct-2021: Final results announced.
2020 XYZZY Awards Winners
- Best Game: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road (Kyle Marquis)
- Best Writing: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
- Best Story: A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
- Best Setting: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
- Best Puzzles: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Best NPCs: Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
- Best Individual Puzzle: Leaving the house in The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Best Individual NPC: tie: the parrot in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush), and Kingfisher in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
- Best Individual PC: The doppelganger in Doppeljobs (Lei)
- Best Implementation: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Best Use of Innovation: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Best Technological Development: Adventuron
- Best Use of Multimedia: Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder, Harrison Gerard)
2020 XYZZY Awards Finalists
- Best Game
- Best Writing
- Best Story
- Best Setting
- Ascension of Limbs (AKheon)
- The Eleusinian Miseries (Mike Russo)
- The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale (Kreg Segall)
- The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
- A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
- A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
- Shadow Operative (Michael Lauenstein)
- Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
- Best Puzzles
- Best NPCs
- Best Individual Puzzle
- Cow tipping in Seasonal Apocalypse Disorder (Zan, Xavid)
- Following the cat through the forest in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
- Leaving the house in The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Registering the game in Crocodracula: The Beginning (Ryan Veeder)
- Best Individual NPC
- Kingfisher in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
- The parrot in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
- Sassy Britches in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
- Sister in Lore Distance Relationship (Naomi “Bez” Norbez)
- Best Individual PC
- The Demon in Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
- The doppelganger in Doppeljobs (Lei)
- Elizabeth Boldan in Sense of Harmony (Scenario World)
- Ichabod Stuff in Stuff of Legend (Lance Campbell)
- Magpie in The Magpie Takes the Train (MathBrush)
- Open Sorcerer in A Murder in Fairyland (Abigail Corfman)
- Best Implementation
- Best Use of Innovation
- Best Technological Development
- Best Use of Multimedia
Links
- XYZZY Awards site:
- XYZZY Awards 2020: first round. September 10, 2021.
- XYZZY Awards 2020: final round. September 24, 2021.
- XYZZY Awards 2020: winners. October 8, 2021.
- XYZZY Awards 2020 - at IFDB.
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