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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7613362" data-attributes="member: 16814">All 5 do that in that game.It does not apply to every game.&nbsp; Chess for example does not have such a person.&nbsp; Nor does checkers, and so on.&nbsp; GMing in RPGs involves more than just set up or handing out money and deeds.</blockquote>Again, the criteria is &quot;[a] key person who co-ordinates/organizes/runs things and-or keeps things going....&quot;&nbsp; This is a tasked shared by both players in chess, who both must organize, coordinate, and run things or keep things going for the game to progress.&nbsp; Same with checkers.&nbsp; Monopoly is actually a stronger case for you because someone is assigned the task of Banker, who does a good bit of organizing and keeping things running.The upshot here is that you're engaged in special pleading after you've smeared the definition of GM into one that perforce must apply to all games that involve people.&nbsp; Heck, Klondike solitaire requires someone to &quot;co-ordinate/organize/runs thing and-or keep things going&quot; and it's a solo game.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7613362, member: 16814"] All 5 do that in that game. It does not apply to every game. Chess for example does not have such a person. Nor does checkers, and so on. GMing in RPGs involves more than just set up or handing out money and deeds.[/QUOTE] Again, the criteria is "[a] key person who co-ordinates/organizes/runs things and-or keeps things going...." This is a tasked shared by both players in chess, who both must organize, coordinate, and run things or keep things going for the game to progress. Same with checkers. Monopoly is actually a stronger case for you because someone is assigned the task of Banker, who does a good bit of organizing and keeping things running. The upshot here is that you're engaged in special pleading after you've smeared the definition of GM into one that perforce must apply to all games that involve people. Heck, Klondike solitaire requires someone to "co-ordinate/organize/runs thing and-or keep things going" and it's a solo game. [/QUOTE]

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