XYZZY Awards: Second-Round Voting for Your Favorite Games of 2004

It's now time to vote in round two for the best IF games of 2004 — to determine the winners! The top five vote-getters in each category were selected in round one, and are listed below. Please note that six nominees appear in categories where there was a tie:

Finalists for 2004 XYZZY Awards

Best game Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Return To Ditch Day, by Michael J. Roberts The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

Best writing Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

Best story Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin The Act of Misdirection, by Callico Harrison The Cabal, by Stephen Bond The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

Best setting Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo Mingsheng, by Deane Saunders Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott

Best puzzles All Things Devours, by Toby Ord (as "half sick of shadows") Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Goose, Egg, Badger, by Brian Rapp Square Circle, by Eric Eve The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

Best NPCs (non-player characters) Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin

Best individual puzzle The time puzzle in All Things Devours, by Toby Ord (as "half sick of shadows") The toilet in Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Cracking Eno's computer in Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman The poltergeist in Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin The cistern in The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

Best individual NPC Bob Finger in Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Jacek in Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo Audrey in Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Xojo in Return to Ditch Day, by Michael J. Roberts Dr. Todd in The Great Xavio, by Reese Warner

Best individual PC (player character) Dante in Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Tomasz Pudlo in Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo Austin in Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian Jarrett Duffy in Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Julia from Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin

Best medium All Things Devours, by Toby Ord (as "half sick of shadows") Bellclap, by Tommy Herbert Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman Return to Ditch Day, by Michael J. Roberts The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

And now, on with the second-round voting:

Voting: Anyone is eligible to vote. You may not vote twice. Authors may not vote for their own games. While it is suggested that you play as many of the eligible games as possible before casting your ballot, we're not going to get ridiculous here.

Deadline: The deadline for second-round voting is Wednesday, March 9th at midnight Eastern Standard Time. More details about the online award ceremony itself are still to come!

Submit your ballot by filling out the online form below and pressing the Submit button. You may also send an e-mail to eileen.interport@rcn.com  by Wednesday, March 9th.

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