What is a Game Master?
A gamemaster is a person who acts as a facilitator, organizer, officiant regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game. The act performed by a gamemaster is sometimes referred to as "gamemastering" or simply "GM-ing."
The role of a GM in a traditional tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) is to weave together the other participants' player-characters' (PCs) stories, control the non-player characters (NPCs), describe or create environments in which the PCs can interact, and solve any player disputes. This basic role is the same in almost all traditional TTRPGs, with minor differences specific to differing rule sets. However, in some indie role-playing games, the GM role significantly differs from the traditional pattern.
Source: Wikipedia
| Name of TTRPG | Players | Time | Prep | Genre / Game Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Librarian's Apprentice | 1 | 30-90 mins | no | journaling / fantasy |
| VOID 1680 AM | 1 | 2 hours | no | playlist building |
| Lighthouse at the End of the World | 1 | 1-4 hours | no | journaling / horror / fantasy |
| Auspex | 1 | a few hours | no | journaling / worldbuilding / fantasy |
| Thousand Year Old Vampire | 1 | 2-3 hours | yes | journaling / horror |
| Beak, Feather, & Bone | 1+ | 2 hours | low | map labeling / storytelling / fantasy |
| Badger + Coyote 2E | 2 | 1-2 hours | low | cozy animal duet / storytelling |
| Big Dog, Big Volcano | 3 | 60-90 mins | no | adventure / storytelling |
| Downfall | 3 | 2-4 hours | no | storytelling |
| Rom Com Drama Bomb | 3 | 90 mins | no | dark humor / superheroes |
| Death of the Author | 1-2 | 2-4 hours | low | journaling / surrealism |
| Tangled Blessings | 1-2 | 2-4 hours | no | journaling / dark academia |
| G.E.M.S. - A Game of Heists | 1-4 | 30 mins - 2 hrs | low | fantasy / heists |
| Catcrawl | 1-4 | 30 mins - 3 hrs | no | hexcrawl / storytelling / cozy |
| HOME - Mech x Kaiju Mapmaking RPG | 1-4 | 2-4 hours | no | map making / storytelling |
| Lovecraftesque (2nd Ed.) | 1-5 | 2-3 hours | no | cosmic horror / storytelling / mystery |
| The Skeletons | 1-6 | a few hours | low | dungeon crawl / storytelling |
| Women are Werewolves | 1-6 | 1-2 hours | low | queer / storytelling / fantasy / cards |
| The Zone | 1-6 | 2-4 hours | no | surreal horror / cards |
| The Quiet Year | 2-4 | 3-4 hours | no | map making / worldbuilding |
| Microscope | 2-4 | 3-5 hours | no | storytelling |
| Viva la QueerBar | 2-6 | 2-4 hours | no | queer / storytelling |
| Stewpot: Tales From a Fantasy Tavern | 3+ | 3+ hours | low | mini-game collection |
| Jukebox: The Karaoke Musical TTRPG | 3-4 | 3-4 hours | no | storytelling / singing |
| Fiasco | 3-5 | 2 hours | no | storytelling / capers / cards |
| Epitaph | 3-5 | 2-4 hours | no | storytelling |
| Follow | 3-5 | 3 hours | no | storytelling |
