I remember days from my childhood, in the downstairs room of my mate's place, with him describing the battle scene as we rode over the hill while simultaneously pressing play on a hidden CD player which started the music from Carmina Burana (Carl Orff). It set the tone for our future role-playing into adulthood as we tried to find ways to create better props and more aspects to give us that immersive feeling, the camaraderie and joy that comes from imagining yourselves running headlong into a battlefield of orcs with only your wits and a long sword +4! (and hopefully a kind GM). Yes, Game Masters, Dungeon Masters, Masters of all shapes and sizes wielding dice behind a well balanced cardboard screen are worth celebrating. And today is the day to do that - International GM's Day.
Here at GeekDad, we can probably say that our own John Kovalic best summed up the general opinion of the love-hate relationship we have with our GM's who provide such grand adventures (but also kill off such awesome characters). That said, International GM's Day is a great little day that is officially into its second decade after being was born on EN World in December 2002. It was originally a simple messageboard post by EN World member Spunkrat, the idea quickly gained popularity, championed by Mark Clover of Creative Mountain Games and, of course, EN World itself.
So, today is a day to shoot your GM an email to say "thanks". A day we geeks can acknowledge the hours of planning and map drawing and NPC developing that go into a great campaign. To forgive our GM for killing off some of our favorite characters and to try once again to get in their goodbooks for when that next crucial dice roll comes around.
