1 Introduction

A role-playing game is a rich and complex alchemy. The players have to be involved and the game master (GM) must perfectly master the rules and the scenario, remember previous events, anticipate the future, and improvise the present, following players' actions and choices. If during the game the GM has to look about a non-player character (NPC) something specific in the rules, music or sound effects on the computer, images in a folder, then the game slows down, the emulsion fails, and the players lose their focus. Do not deny it : role players are easily distracted.

The solution is GM-Assistant. GM-Assistant (for Game Master Assistant) is software designed to assist the GM. Its purpose is to simplify the GM’s life during the game by giving an easy access to relevant information and tools needed.

The purpose of this user guide is to help the user (you, the GM) to get used to the software. A menu bar, presented in Section , and six modules, detailed in Section , compose the main window. The sofware includes additionnal tools presented in Section . Finally, you can find the list of keyboard shortcuts in Appendix .