XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2004 Best game: Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Best writing: Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Best story: Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Best setting: The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott Best puzzles: The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Best NPCs: Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin Best individual puzzle: The time puzzle in All Things Devours, by "half sick of shadows" Best individual NPC: Audrey in Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Best individual PC: Julia from Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin Best use of medium: The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin