People's Champion Tournament 2025
Recommendations by Hidnook (United States)A fan-driven competition hosted by @otistdog, featuring 64 player-nominated games. See the intfiction.org thread for more information.
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1. The Abbey, by Art LaFrana (1993)
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Round 1: loss to Buggy by Mathbrush
2. Aisle
by Sam Barlow
(1999)
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Division 1
Round 1: tie (loss) to The Legend of Horse Girl by Bitter Karella
3. Alabaster
by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities
(2009)
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Round 1: loss to Six by Wade Clarke
4. Augmented Fourth
by Brian Uri!
(2000)
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Division 1
Round 1: win against Winter Storm Draco by Ryan Veeder
5. The Bible Retold: Following a Star
by Justin Morgan
(2010)
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Round 1: tie (loss) to Submarine Sabotage by Garry Francis
6. Buggy
by Mathbrush
(2022)
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Round 1: win to The Abbey by Art LaFrana
7. Everybody Dies
by Jim Munroe
(2008)
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Round 1: loss to Illuminismo Iniziato by Michael J. Coyne
8. Heretic's Hope
by G. C. Baccaris
(2019)
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Round 1: win to Tapestry by Daniel Ravipinto
9. Illuminismo Iniziato
by Michael J. Coyne
(2018)
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Round 1: win to Everybody Dies by Jim Munroe
10. The Legend of Horse Girl
by Bitter Karella
(2022)
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Round 1: tie (win) to Aisle by Sam Barlow
11. Six
by Wade Clarke
(2011)
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Division 1
Round 1: win to Alabaster by Emily Short et al.
12. Submarine Sabotage
by Garry Francis
(2023)
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Round 1: tie (win) to The Bible Retold: Following a Star by Justin Morgan
13. Tales from Castle Balderstone
by Ryan Veeder
(2018)
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Round 1: win to A Trial by B Minus Seven
14. Tapestry
by Daniel Ravipinto
(1996)
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Round 1: loss to Heretic's Hope by G. C. Baccaris
15. A Trial
by B Minus Seven
(2015)
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Round 1: loss to Tales from Castle Balderstone by Ryan Veeder
16. Winter Storm Draco
by Ryan Veeder
(2015)
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Round 1: loss to Augmented Fourth by Brian Uri
17. A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin (1995)
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Round 2: win to A Dark Room by Michael Townsend
18. CC's Road to Stardom
by OK Feather
(2022)
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Round 2: loss to Lime Ergot by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
19. A Dark Room, by Michael Townsend (2013)
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Division 2
Round 2: loss to A Change in the Weather by Andrew Plotkin
20. The Edifice
by Lucian P. Smith
(1997)
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Round 2: win to Pogoman GO! by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
21. Eidolon, by A.D. Jansen (2014)
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Round 2: loss to Taco Fiction by Ryan Veeder
22. Inevitable, by Kathleen M. Fischer as Timothy Lawrence Heinrich (2003)
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Round 2: win to Word of the Day by Richard Otter
23. Lime Ergot
by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
(2014)
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Round 2: win to CC's Road to Stardom by OK Feather
24. The Lost Labyrinth of Lazaitch
by Larry Horsfield
(2019)
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Round 2: loss to Over Here! by auraes
25. The Mystery of Winchester High
by Garry Francis
(2023)
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Round 2: loss to Sand-dancer by Aaron Reed and Alexei Othenin-Girard
26. Nightfall
by Eric Eve
(2008)
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Division 2
Round 2: won to Perdition's Flames by Michael J. Roberts
27. Over Here!
by auraes
(2020)
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Round 2: win to The Lost Labyrinth of Lazaitch by Larry Horsfield
28. Perdition's Flames
by Michael J. Roberts
(1993)
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Round 2: loss to Nightfall by Eric Eve
29. Pogoman GO!
by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
(2016)
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Round 2: loss to The Edifice by Lucian P. Smith
30. Sand-dancer
by Aaron Reed and Alexei Othenin-Girard
(2010)
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Round 2: win to The Mystery of Winchester High by Garry Francis
31. Taco Fiction
by Ryan Veeder
(2011)
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Round 2: win to Eidolon by A. D. Jansen
32. Word of the Day
by Richard Otter
(2017)
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Round 2: loss to Inevitable by Kathleen M. Fischer as Timothy Lawrence Heinrich
33. All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows (2004)
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Division 3
Round 3: win to The Golden Heist by George Lockett and Rob Thorman
34. Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
by Steph Cherrywell
(2015)
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Round 3: win against The End Means Escape by Steve Kodat
35. Christminster, by Gareth Rees (1995)
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Division 3
Round 3: loss to First Things First by J. Robinson Wheeler
36. Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.
by Muffy Berlyn and Michael Berlyn
(1999)
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Round 3: loss to Never Gives Up Her Dead by Mathbrush
37. The Dreamhold
by Andrew Plotkin
(2004)
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Round 3: win to What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed by Amanda Walker
38. The End Means Escape, by Steve Kodat (2000)
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Round 3: loss to Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! by Steph Cherrywell
39. First Things First
by J. Robinson Wheeler
(2001)
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Round 3: win to Christminster by Gareth Rees
40. Galatea
by Emily Short
(2000)
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Round 3: tie (loss) to To Hell in a Hamper by J. J. Guest
41. The Golden Heist
by George Lockett and Rob Thorman
(2021)
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Round 3: loss to All Things Devours by half sick of shadows
42. To Hell in a Hamper
by J. J. Guest
(2003)
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Round 3: tie (win) to Galatea by Emily Short
43. Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin (1999)
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Round 3: win to Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle by Emily Short and J. Robinson Wheeler
44. Never Gives Up Her Dead
by Mathbrush
(2023)
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Division 3
Round 3: win to Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. by Muffy Berlyn and Michael Berlyn
45. Once and Future
by G. Kevin Wilson
(1998)
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Division 3
Round 3: tie (loss) to The Weapon by Sean Barrett
46. Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short (2001)
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Round 3: loss to Hunter, in Darkness by Andrew Plotkin
47. The Weapon
by Sean Barrett
(2001)
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Round 3: tie (win) to Once and Future by G. Kevin Wilson
48. What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
by Amanda Walker
(2021)
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Round 3: loss to The Dreamhold by Andrew Plotkin
49. Babel
by Ian Finley
(1997)
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50. Bogeyman
by Elizabeth Smyth
(2018)
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51. Captain Cutter's Treasure
by Garry Francis
(2021)
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52. Delightful Wallpaper
by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd')
(2006)
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53. For a Change
by Dan Schmidt
(1999)
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54. The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen
by Ryan Veeder
(2021)
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55. Metamorphoses
by Emily Short
(2000)
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56. The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee (2002)
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57. Please Answer Carefully
by litrouke
(2019)
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58. Scents & Semiosis
by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee
(2020)
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59. Scroll Thief
by Daniel M. Stelzer
(2015)
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60. Search for the Lost Ark
by Garry Francis
(2023)
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61. Thin Walls
by Wynter
(2022)
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62. Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge
by Dee Cooke
(2022)
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63. Winter Wonderland
by Laura Knauth
(1999)
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64. Yes, Another Game with a Dragon!, by John Kean (2000)
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