XYZZY Awards: Winning Games of 2005 Best game: Vespers, by Jason Devlin Best writing: Vespers, by Jason Devlin Best story: Beyond, by Mondi Confinanti (Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti) Best setting: Vespers, by Jason Devlin Best puzzles: Distress, by Mike Snyder Best NPCs: Vespers, by Jason Devlin Best individual puzzle: Following the murderer in Beyond (by Mondi Confinanti (Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti)) Best individual NPC: The storyteller in Whom the Telling Changed (by Aaron A. Reed) Best individual PC:Wendy Little In Tough Beans (by Sara Dee) Best use of medium: Mystery House Possessed, by Emily Short