Definitions
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- verb To run a roleplaying game; to act as a gamemaster
- noun Alternative spelling of
game master .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And that is the reduction in the role of the gamemaster, placing more of that in the hands of the rules in an effort to give it to the players instead.
Player Empowerment or Player Entitlement? « Geek Related 2010
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A lot of the Old School Revival movement is less about those old crufty rules actually being better, but about bringing back “rulings vs. rules,” code for re-empowering the gamemaster at the table.
Player Empowerment or Player Entitlement? « Geek Related 2010
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Rickrolling a gamemaster in chat is also pretty impressive.
WoW Bash Alice 2009
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In tabletop games, the gamemaster plays all the other random people the characters encounter.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
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Rickrolling a gamemaster in chat is also pretty impressive.
March 2009 Alice 2009
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I also got to watch a 15mm "I ain't been shot yet, Mum!" game on Monday... very cool game and a great gamemaster.
GAMING NEWS: Back From Conquest-SF-2007! MaksimSmelchak 2007
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So, eventually, Patrick, the creator of Monster Island and head honcho of Firefly Games (link on right sidebar), and our gamemaster (GM), sent us this teaser, a radio short:
GAMING NEWS: "Wide, Wide World of Savage Zombies" (Savage Worlds Zombie Game 7-15-2007) MaksimSmelchak 2007
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The only real negatives are the fact that the movie moves slowly, the game of Avalon itself isn't really explored (just who/what is the gamemaster anyway?) and the ending is deliberately vague.
Review - Avalon 2004
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I blame all the reading I've been forced to do since I 'volunteered' to be the gamemaster for a Star Wars roleplaying game.
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Joe-Blow-the-gamemaster buys a copy of the game, and then procedes to produce works derivative of the game, of the copywritten materials, and their own family life.
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