kingmaking

Definitions

1. The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
   uncountable, usually
2. In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“I think⟳ that V:TES is a multiplayer game, and multiplayer games have⟳ the kingmaking problem no matter⟳ much you try⟳ to tweak the rules.”

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