For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible individual puzzles of 2017 - an IFDB Poll
by MathBrush
RSS FeedThis is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best individual Puzzle 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.
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca 2 votes "Learning the Cycle" [+]"Learning the Cycle: Essentially a master puzzle that encompasses the whole game. It feels like many puzzles, but when you step back, it really is one elaborate framework that you use to solve other puzzles." ( ) --CMG... "1) discovering..." [+]"1) discovering the game is much bigger than it seems; 2) discovering the APPLES procession (there's some math involved - namely, modular arithmetics); 3) finding an Arcane Pair on a wine bottle (a simple but beautiful AHA-moment)." () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Swigian, by Mathbrush (as Rainbus North) 1 vote "Falling boulders" [+]"Falling boulders" ( ) --jakomo... Vote for this game | |
| Ultimate Escape Room: IF City, by Mark Stahl 1 vote "Completely solving the black room" [+]"Completely solving the black room" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Measureless to Man, by Ivan R. 1 vote "getting through the undersea vent" [+]"getting through the undersea vent: This game as a whole was uneven, but I enjoyed the aha moment of figuring out how to get through the undersea vent." --Doug Orleans... Vote for this game | |
| Crocodracula: What Happened to Calvin, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote "Navigating the swamp." [+]"Navigating the swamp." ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson 1 vote "getting past the dragon" [+]"getting past the dragon: Honorable mention: putting out the fire" ( ) --Doug Orleans... Vote for this game | |
| A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey 1 vote "Finding the prime numbers" [+]"Finding the prime numbers" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |