game master

plural game masters · abbreviation GM · alternative game-master · alternative gamemaster

1. A person (especially a man) conducting a game.

   The Game Master/Mistress may lead the Magic Box Game (see Glossary).

   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

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   Using only meaning-laden glances or other undetectable gestures, the Mafia members indicate to the game master which villager they’d like to off.

   2007 November 4, Heidi Julavits, “Parlor Tricks”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2013

   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.

   2023 December 18, Keith Stuart, “Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2023

   1. roleplaying gamesA 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.