Game Masters

Facilitators of player interactions with a game world.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Sleep is Death GURPS Paranoia Call of Cthulhu Storytelling System Dungeons & Dragons Fallen Reich

Using the pattern

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History

An updated version of the pattern Game Masters that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

References

<references> <ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref> </references>

Acknowledgements

Marcus Brissman, Martin Fredriksson, Carl Heath, John-Philip Johansson, Johan Peitz, Annika Waern