Announcing the winners of the 2006 XYZZY Awards

[Eileen]

The winners of the XYZZY Awards for games released in 2006 were
announced today on ifMUD. For anyone who missed the online festivities
in real time, here's who took home the top honors:

Best game: The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
Best writing: Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O.
Weyrd"
Best story: The Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder
Best setting: Floatpoint, by Emily Short
Best puzzles: Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O.
Weyrd"
Best NPCs: Floatpoint, by Emily Short
Best individual puzzle: Navigating the mansion in Delightful
Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin as "Edgar O. Weyrd"
Best individual NPC: Leela, The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
Best individual PC: The PC in Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin
as "Edgar O. Weyrd"
Best use of medium: The Baron (a.k.a. De Baron), by Victor Gijsbers

One transcript of the online ceremony, including peanut-gallery
comments, is posted at http://www.xyzzynews.com/2006xyzzyawards.txt

I owe a huge debt of thanks to Dan Shiovitz and Lucian Smith for
providing the emceeing, entertainment, and award presentations, to
Aaron Reed for also presenting, and to David Welbourn for researching
and compiling the extensive list of 2006 games that was used for
voting.

I'm grateful to you all, and to everyone who graced the ceremony with
their presence to make the event so much fun!

All the best,

Eileen