Best Game
Given since 1996, the award for Best Game recognizes the game which is the most enjoyable as a whole; other awards recognize merit in particular qualities.
- 2011: Cryptozookeeper by Robb Sherwin
- Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis by Adam Thornton
- Six by Wade Clark
- Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilo
- 2010: Aotearoa by Matt Wigdahl
- Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home by Andrew Plotkin
- One Eye Open by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine
- Rogue of the Multiverse by C. E. J. Pacian
- The Warbler's Nest by Jason McIntosh
- 2009: Blue Lacuna by Aaron A. Reed
- Broken Legs by Sarah Morayati
- Make it Good by Jon Ingold
- The Shadow in the Cathedral by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
- 2008: Violet by Jeremy Freese
- Everybody Dies by Jim Munroe
- Gun Mute by C. E. J. Pacian
- Nightfall by Eric Eve
- Piracy 2.0 by Sean Huxter
- 2007: Lost Pig by Admiral Jota
- An Act of Murder by Christopher Huang
- Child's Play by Stephen Granade
- Fate by Victor Gijsbers
- Suveh Nux by David Fisher
- 2006: The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve
- Floatpoint by Emily Short
- The Baron (a.k.a. De Baron) by Victor Gijsbers
- The Primrose Path by Nolan Bonvouloir
- The Traveling Swordsman by Mike Snyder
- 2005: Vespers by Jason Devlin
- All Hope Abandon by Eric Eve
- Chancellor by Kevin Venzke
- Distress by Mike Snyder
- Finding Martin by Gayla Wennstrom
- 2004: 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
- 2003: Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
- City of Secrets by Emily Short
- Risorgimento Represso by Michael J. Coyne
- Scavenger by Quintin Stone
- To Hell in a Hamper by J. J. Guest
- 2002: Savoir Faire by Emily Short
- 1893: A World's Fair Mystery by Peter Nepstad
- Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky by Paul O'Brian
- Lock & Key by Adam Cadre
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish out of Me! by Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa
- 2001: All Roads by Jon Ingold
- Best of Three by Emily Short
- Fallacy of Dawn by Robb Sherwin
- First Things First by J. Robinson Wheeler
- Pytho's Mask by Emily Short
- 2000: Being Andrew Plotkin by J. Robinson Wheeler
- Galatea by Emily Short
- LASH by Paul O'Brian
- Rameses by Stephen Bond
- Shade by Andrew Plotkin
- 1999: Varicella by Adam Cadre
- For a Change by Dan Schmidt
- Lunatix: The Insanity Circle by Mike Snyder
- The Mulldoon Legacy by Jon Ingold
- Worlds Apart by Suzanne Britton
- 1998: Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin
- Anchorhead by Michael Gentry
- Little Blue Men by Michael Gentry
- Once and Future by G. Kevin Wilson
- Photopia by Adam Cadre
- 1997: I-0 by Adam Cadre
- Babel by Ian Finley
- A Bear's Night Out by David Dyte
- The Edifice by Lucian P. Smith
- Glowgrass by Nate Cull
- 1996: So Far by Andrew Plotkin
- The Light: Shelby's Addendum by Colm McCarthy
- Lost New York by Neil deMause
- The Meteor, the Stone, and a Long Glass of Sherbet by Graham Nelson
- Time: All Things Come to an End by Andy Phillips
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Famous quotes containing the word game:
“The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who, on grounds of decorum and morality, avoids the game of love. He is one who puts his own ease and security above the most laudable of philanthropies.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)