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kingmaker
A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a royal or political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious and military means to influence the succession. Origina ...
is a person who can influence the selection of a monarch, without themself being a candidate for the (perhaps) figurative throne.
Kingmaker may also refer to:
Games
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''Kingmaker'' (board game) (1974), set in (English) Wars of the Roses
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''Kingmaker'' (video game), a 1994 strategy video game based on the board game
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Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker'', a 2004 expansion pack for BioWare's ''Neverwinter Nights''
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker'', a 2018 video game by Owlcat Games
Television
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''King Maker'' (TVB) (2012), TVB drama
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Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny'', a 2020 South Korean television series
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"Kingmaker" (''Law & Order'') (2006), episode of NBC drama
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"The Kingmaker" (''The Blacklist'') (2014), episode
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''King Maker'' (ViuTV) (2018-), ViuTV survival reality show series
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Good Night Show - King Maker
''Good Night Show - King Maker'' ( zh, c=Good Night Show 全民造星) is a 2018 Hong Kong survival reality show on ViuTV as first season of , accepting only male contestants. It aired from 15 July to 14 October 2018, with Keung To being the cha ...
'' (2018), the first season of the series
Music
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Kingmaker (band)
Kingmaker were a British indie rock group, founded in Kingston upon Hull in 1990.
The group was formed during their gap year by school friends Loz Hardy and Myles Howell. They placed an advertisement for a drummer, and recruited John Andrew w ...
(1990s), British indie rock
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''Kingmaker'' (Tami Neilson album), a 2022 album
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''Kingmaker'' (Pretty Maids album), a 2016 album
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Kingmaker (song) (2013), by American band Megadeth from ''
Super Collider''
In cinema
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The Kingmaker (film)
''The Kingmaker'' is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Lauren Greenfield, featuring the political career of Imelda Marcos with a focus on the Marcos family's efforts to rehabilitate the family's image and to return to political po ...
'' a 2019 documentary film
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The King Maker
''The King Maker'' (Thai: กบฎท้าวศรีสุดาจันทร์, or ''The Rebellion of Queen Sudachan'', is a 2005 Thai historical drama film set during the Ayutthaya kingdom. With a storyline that shares many similarities ...
'', a 2005 Thai film
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''Kingmaker'' (film), 2021 a South Korean political drama film
Other uses
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''The Kingmaker'' (audio drama) a (2006), ''Doctor Who'' audio drama
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''King Maker'' (novel) (2010), urban fantasy, by
Maurice Broaddus
Maurice Broaddus is an author who has published fiction across a number of genres including young adult, horror, fantasy and science fiction. Among his books are ''The Knights of Breton Court'' urban fantasy trilogy from Angry Robot, the steam ...
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Kingmaker (comics) The Kingmaker is the name of three fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The first iteration debuted in ''New X-Men: Hellions'' #1 (July 2005), and was created by Nunzio DeFilipp ...
, Marvel character related to X-Men
See also
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Kingmaker scenario
In game theory, a kingmaker scenario in a game of three or more players, is an endgame situation where a player who is unable to win has the capacity to determine which player among others will win. This player is referred to as the ''kingmaker'' ...
, in games, a situation where a losing player has the power to select the winner
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