For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Settings of 2016 - an IFDB Poll
by MathBrush
RSS FeedThis is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best setting in the XYZZY awards.
This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will remain eligible. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games that others might want to check out, partly as your own reminder for when XYZZY season comes around.
This isn't intended as a straw poll; please don't upvote games already on the list.
[Description adapted from verityvirtue's adaptation of Sam Kabo Ashwell's 2013/2014 polls]
| Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wanderlust...  Vote for this game | |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Lumpen Lane,..." [+]"Lumpen Lane, Fieldtown." () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wanderlust... Vote for this game | |
| Quest for the Traitor Saint, by Owlor 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Robin Johnson... Vote for this game | |
| The Queen's Menagerie, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "The setting is..." [+]"The setting is the game." ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Wanderlust... Vote for this game | |
| Kotodama, by Aidan Doyle 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| Her Majesty's Trolley Problem, by Buster Hudson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist, by Xavid 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Xavid... Vote for this game | |
| Color the Truth, by mathbrush 1 vote "KOLR studios." [+]"KOLR studios." ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Cannonfire Concerto, by Caleb Wilson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, by Marco Vallarino 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| The Sea Eternal, by Lynnea Glasser 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| Black Rock City, by Jim Munroe 1 vote "Got me interested..." [+]"Got me interested in the Burning Man festival." ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Pogoman GO!, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| The Periwink, by Jedediah Berry 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Howled House, by B Minus Seven 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 1 vote "This is the most detailed and beautifully realised setting I've ever seen in IF" [+]"This is the most detailed and beautifully realised setting I've ever seen in IF" ( - Full review) --sallychamp2... Vote for this game | |
| 1181, by Grim and notgojira 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| The Xylophoniad, by Robin Johnson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Inside the Facility, by Arthur DiBianca 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| To The Wolves, by Els White 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Fair, by Hanon Ondricek 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote "The titular..." [+]"The titular House." ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |