Troupe System
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In a "traditional" role-playing game, one person typically acts as the gamemaster, and largely controls what happens in the game-world, what non-player characters do, and how the world at large reacts to the actions of player characters. Many games use different versions of that term, with different connotations; Dungeons & Dragons' "Dungeon Master" (DM) is one of the oldest and most well-known. In Ars Magica, the term is "Story Guide" (SG), with an implication of more collaborative (with other players) & story-telling approach.
Unlike traditional RPG's, in "Troupe" style play there is a presumption of much more input and involvement on the part of the rest of the players as to "how the world works." Sometimes there is still only one SG, but often there are multiple SG's, who apportion various parts of the game-world and have more-or-less full control within their domain. One player may be the SG for a particular noble (the Duke of Burgundy, for example) and any adventures (stories) played in the Duchy of Burgundy or where the Duke is a primary NPC. Another may control all the faeries in the campaign, and most or all faerie-focused stories. Most often, one player will be the "alpha" SG and coordinate overall interactions and continuity between these "beta" SG's and their various spheres of play.