Poll: DM, GM, or Other?

[Gundark]

Well I voted other. When we speak of the general term for the person who runs the game we use GM/DM interchangably. However we never refer to that title when we speak to the person running the game. Even out of the game it's "It's Bob's game", not "Bob is the DM"

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

I alternate between DM and GM randomly. Honestly, I don't pay that much attention to my useage of the terms.

What Sejs said...

 

[Umbran]

I try to be consistent - if I am talking about a person who is running a D&D game, I usually refer to them as a DM. If they are running something else, or I am discussing running games in general, I use GM.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

I prefer "GM" to "DM." When writing things out, I use "GM." During our games I typically use "DM" [old habit I guess]. However, I loathe the term "Dungeon Master" -- it always makes me think of the D&D cartoon and this guy:

 

[billd91]

Usually DM for D&D, GM for most other games, Keeper for CoC. Screen Monkey interchangeably with any of those terms.

 

[Crothian]

Depends on the game being run as they require different things from the person running the game.

 

[Agamon]

Depends. But usually DM when runnning D&D.

 

[Thanee]

Other: SL or Spielleiter/in

Bye
Thanee

 

[Sejs]

Other.

That's what I want to be called.

"Man, the Other was mean today."
"Look how the Other smiles – bad news!"

So you want to be a villain in a comic by Phil Foglio?

 

[Henrix]

Other: spelledare (Like Thane, only in swedish instead of german.)

I sometimes use DM when playing D&D, but generally it is just spelledare, i.e. the leader (director, perhaps) of the game.