game masters
Tabletop story arbiters
A game master is the person who runs a tabletop role-playing game, creating the story, controlling non-player characters, and adjudicating rules while players navigate the fictional world.
The role goes by different names depending on the game system—dungeon master in Dungeons & Dragons, storyteller in World of Darkness games, keeper in Call of Cthulhu.
Our game master spent weeks preparing the campaign.
The term extends to anyone orchestrating interactive experiences: escape room facilitators, live-action role-play organizers, or hosts of party games.
- gameplayInteractive elements of gaming
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- world-buildingCreating fictional universes
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- LARPgarb, NPC, NPCs, player character, player characters
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Game participants
player characters · party members · PCs · adventurers · participants
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Game participants
followers · non-player characters · character actors · reactors
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