JUDGE COMMENTS:

$Zinfandel

 This was a neat, very atmospheric beach 
adventure that got a few laughs out of me. 
Good on you for offering hints, as well. 
I liked this one quite a bit.

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$PogeSoft

 It's a hot day on the beach and you need 
to help some mermaids get rid of some 
unwanted visitors by solving some simple 
puzzles. Among other things, this will 
involve the best musical joke ZZT's seen 
in a while.

 This is a compact and well-done 
adventure-type board, with nothing too 
obtuse or easy. Accompanied by excellent 
writing and ZZT-themed wordplay, this is 
my favourite entry.

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$Dr. Dos


 An exploration of a beach with a lot to 
interact with and simple puzzles to solve 
mostly by the powers of obervation. The 
poetic dialog enhances the experience 
quite a bit providing descriptions to both
the mundane and bizarre that stray away 
from the more clinical descriptions you 
usually get when examining objects in ZZT. 
I am not an expert in poetry, so I worry 
that my cadence in reading all the text in 
this game was subpar. There were moments 
where the stilted pauses flowed 
beautifully and others where it broke up
 sentences in ways that seemed off which I
suspect were me reading them improperly to
begin with. I am still coming to terms 
with the idea of a mermaid wrestling a 
seal.

 Receives the coveted award of: Best 
Edutainment title. I learned a lot about 
seals.

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$kkairos

Charming words and some good turns of 
phrase in a 1-board puzzle game based on 
dialog hints. but:

the poetic tab structure
    got a little
        on my nerves
            sorry