Polls with votes for Varicella

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Great Openings - 17 votes for 11 games; created July 27, 2015
A poll by Floating Info

What games have your favorite openings? By opening I mean everything before the first room description in a parser game or the first...

I'm looking for a very specific level of difficulty: a game where you theoretically could beat it on your first attempt, but you won't....

Games You Return To - 34 votes for 20 games; created July 27, 2014
A poll by Ghalev

What games do you find yourself revisiting from time to time, games that have proven to be a kind of comfort-food of text adventuring,...

Long-Form Games That Don't Require Mapping - 37 votes for 19 games; created August 30, 2013
A poll by Sdn

Playing Losing Your Grip has reminded me of just how tedious I find manual mapping in lengthy games, no matter how much I enjoy...

"Camp" Games - 20 votes for 12 games; created April 15, 2012
A poll by Pinstripe

Games which have, or might be considered to have, a camp aesthetic or sense of humor. "Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one...

PC's personality integrated with the story - 87 votes for 42 games; created March 27, 2012
A poll by JasonMel

I would like to be able to recommend to someone many examples of interactive fiction in which the player character is far from a cipher...

Villains - 35 votes for 19 games; created September 1, 2010
A poll by Victor Gijsbers

"[T]he thief [in Zork] is important to the development of interactive fiction because he functions as a true villain, not simply an...

Solved without Hints - 212 votes for 114 games; created July 16, 2010
A poll by joncgoodwin

I'm very interested in hearing truthful accounts of at least somewhat difficult games (or games that don't solve themselves at least)...

Emotional IF - 73 votes for 28 games; created April 8, 2010
A poll by Sorrel

I'm looking for IF that inspires one or more strong emotions in the player – an IF that pulls on your heartstrings a little.

Game mechanics as story - 7 votes for 7 games; created April 7, 2010
A poll by aaronius

In the best story-centered board games, the rules and system mechanics create or encourage the sorts of stories the game is supposed to...

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