DM or GM?

[mhacdebhandia]

Dungeon Master for D&D. Storyteller for World of Darkness. Game Master for other games which don't have a more specific title.

I use the term they write in the books - but it wouldn't bother me if my Savage Tide players or my future Vampire: The Requiem players called me "the GM". I wouldn't like to be called "the Storyteller" for D&D, though, because it's not the generic title anymore than
"Dungeon Master" is.

 

[Emirikol]

DM is like Xerox or Kleenex.

GM is like..."general manager?"



I guess when I run Conan RPG I'm the GM

jay

 

[was]

Dm...

 

[Wombat]

Since I only rarely run D&D and since I play a multiplicity of systems, I far and away prefer GM -- I am a gamemaster, not a dungeonmaster.

Heck, even when I run D&D/D20, I rarely use dungeons...

 

[RFisher]

I prefer "judge". I tend to prefer words to acronyms. I tend to prefer existing terms to new coinages. I think it fits what I typically expect of the role: Making impartial judgements.

But, I tend to say/write "GM"--or whatever the game I'm talking about uses--because communication is usually about being understood.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Meh, it doesn't really matter to me.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I generally use GM, mainly because I don't associate myself with the image of a short, bald geezer with a funny voice in a crap cartoon.

That cartoon was awesome!!

 

[Neo]

I'm a traditionalist, I like DM (Dungeon Master), not exactly all genre friendly but I like it all the same

 

[Psion]

if( game == D&D )
{
title = "DM"
}
else
{
title = "GM"
}

Even if the game in question uses referee, storyteller, narrator-guide, gaming operations director, etc., it's GM.

 

[KB9JMQ]

I prefer DM but only because it is what I am used to.
I never even heard of GM until I found Eric's boards.