What is the most bizarre or unusual name for "GM" that a game has ever used? - eviltoast

For me it was “Hollyhock God” from Nobilis.

Why do game designers do this? Does anybody, anywhere, actually use these weird terms while actually playing?

  • _stranger_@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    In Paranoia the GM essentially roleplays as the Computer of Alpha Complex. Rule 1 is “The computer is infallible”

    • 8bitMage@ttrpg.network
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yes, Friend Computer only has our best interests in mind. Trust Friend Computer.

      What I love in Paranoia is that the players start as Troubleshooters. As in their job is to find trouble and shoot it. As an IT professional who’s usually the go-to for the hard problems, I appreciate that.

      • _stranger_@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        I was never a paranoia GM, but let me tell you, that session our GM handed out folders and one of us had been upgraded to red , blood was spilled.