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Reviews of the IF COMP 2006 Games

     You can see my revised scoring system, read my introduction, view all reviews on a single long page in my complete review journal, or just scroll down to select individual reviews. The official competition results are here. This was a great competition, with many wonderful, memorable games. I'm glad to have been a part of it once again.

 #  In Order Played    #  In Order By Score Score
1 Moon-Shaped   1 Delightful Wallpaper 10 -
2 MANALIVE Part 1   2 The Elysium Enigma 9 +
3 MANALIVE Part 2   3 Legion 9  
4 Unauthorized Termination   4 Floatpoint 9  
5 Floatpoint   5 The Primrose Path 9  
6 Labyrinth   6 Madam Spider's Web 9 -
7 The Initial State   7 Moon-Shaped 8 +
8 Simple Adventure   8 Game Producer! 8  
9 The Bible Retold   9 Aunts and Butlers 8  
10 Madam Spider's Web   10 Star City 8 -
11 The Elysium Enigma   11 Unauthorized Termination 7 +
12 Delightful Wallpaper   12 Mobius 7  
13 PTGOOD 8*10^23   13 The Bible Retold 7  
14 Sisyphus   14 The Initial State 7 -
15 Aunts and Butlers   15 MANALIVE Part 2 6 +
16 The Primrose Path   16 MANALIVE Part 1 5  
17 Mobius   17 Lawn of Love 4 +
18 Game Producer!   18 Labyrinth 4  
19 Lawn of Love   19 Tentellian Island 3 +
20 Star City   20 Sisyphus 3  
21 Tentellian Island   21 Simple Adventure 2  
22 Legion   22 PTGOOD 8*10^23 2 -
23 Enter the Dark     The Traveling Swordsman X
24 Carmen Devine  
25 Pathfinder  
26 Strange Geometries  
27 Ballymun Adventure  
28 Beam  
29 Requiem  
30 Green Falls  
31 The Tower of the Elephant  
32 The Sisters  
33 Xen: The Hunt  
34 Another Escape ... Locked Room  
35 Hedge  
36 Fight or Flight  
37 Visocica  
38 Polendina  
39 Fetter's Grim  
40 The Apolcalypse Clock  
41 Wumpus Run  
42 A Broken Man  

     Above, the games are listed twice. First, they are shown in the order I played. Next, they are in order by score. When sorting games with the same score, I have simply picked the one that was more fun or more appealing to me.

     I managed to play around half the games this year, yet I think I wrote as much text as I did when reviewing all games each of the prior two years. I regret that I couldn't play and review the others before the voting deadline, but a busy work schedule has ensured that my free time is slipping away.

     Also, I once again refined my scoring criteria this year.