game master
See also: game-master and gamemaster
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[edit]game master (plural game masters, abbreviation GM)
- A person (especially a man) conducting a game.
- Coordinate term: game mistress
- 2007 November 4, Heidi Julavits, “Parlor Tricks”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2013:
- Using only meaning-laden glances or other undetectable gestures, the Mafia members indicate to the game master which villager they’d like to off.
- 2012, Una McGinley Sarno, “Level III Alphabetic Paraphrase: Lesson Plan Unit Two”, in Learn to Think and Write: A Paradigm for Teaching Grades 4–8, Introductory Levels, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education, →ISBN, page 66:
- The Game Master/Mistress may lead the Magic Box Game (see Glossary).
- 2023 December 18, Keith Stuart, “Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 December 2023:
- An interesting alternatively to Doodle Dash in which players cooperate to draw a word given to them by the game master – but one of the artists is a fake who doesn’t know the key word.
- (roleplaying games) A person (especially a man) conducting a role-playing game, generally responsible for controlling all beings and processes other than the players, either individually or as part of a team.
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[edit]- gamemaster (verb)
- game mastering
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