Editing Referee

The <b>referee</b> of a [[role-playing game]] is a [[player]] with a special job.  Rather than playing a single [[character]], he plays all the [[non-player character]]s in the game as well as presenting the current scenario or [[adventure]] to the [[player]]s.

==Alternate Titles==
Games frequently have their own title for the referee.  Below is a list of examples and the games from which they derive.

* '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]''
* '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]''
* '''[[Booker]]''' -- ''[[Kayfabe: The Inside Wrestling Game]]''
* '''[[Chronicler]]''' -- ''[[Witchcraft]]'', ''[[Armageddon]]''
* '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dungeoneer]]'', ''[[Wushu]]''
* '''[[Dungeon Master]]''' -- ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
* '''Editor''' -- ''[[Pandemonium|Pandemonium! Adventures in Tabloid World]]''
* '''[[Eminence Grise]]''' -- ''[[Agone]]''
* '''[[Fate]]''' -- ''[[World of Synnibarr]]''
* '''[[Gamejudge]]''' -- ''[[Phantasia]]''
* '''[[Game Master]]''' -- ''[[GURPS]]'', ''[[Shadowrun]]'', ''[[Jovian Chronicles]]'', ''[[7th Sea]]'', ''[[Torg]]'', ''[[MasterBook]]'', many others
* '''[[General Manager]]''' -- ''[[WWE Know Your Role]]''
* '''[[Holmeister]]''' -- ''[[HOL]]''
* '''[[Hollyhock God]]''' -- ''[[Nobilis]]''
* '''[[Host]]''' -- ''[[Castle Falkenstein]]'', ''[[IronClaw, JadeClaw]]''
* '''[[Judge]]''' -- ''[[Marvel Super Heroes]]''
* '''[[Keeper of Arcane Lore]]''' (or simply '''Keeper''') -- ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]''
* '''Krom''' (the angry God of the Orks) -- ''[[Ork! The Roleplaying Game]]''
* '''[[Kennel Master]]''' -- ''[[Woof Meow]]''
* '''[[Loremaster]]''' -- ''[[The One Ring]]''
* '''[[Man, The]]''' -- ''[[Starchildren]]''
* '''[[Marshal]]''' -- ''[[Deadlands]]''
* '''[[Mission Control]]''' -- ''[[Spycraft]]''
* '''[[Mission Director]]''' -- ''[[RECON]]'' and ''[[RECON Modern Combat]]''
* '''[[Moderator]]''' -- ''[[Blue Planet]]''
* '''[[Narrator]]''' -- ''[[Star Trek]]''
* '''[[Producer]]''' -- ''[[Primetime Adventures]]''
* '''[[Referee]]''' -- ''[[Traveller]]'', ''[[Teenagers From Outer Space]]'', ''[[Mekton]]'', ''[[Cyberpunk]]'', ''[[Space: 1889]]'', ''[[Star Frontiers]]''
* '''[[SchoolMaster]]''' -- ''[[Alma Mater]]''
* '''[[Storyguide]]''' -- ''[[Ars Magica]]''
* '''[[Storyteller]]''' -- [[White Wolf]]'s various games
* '''TWERPSMaster''' -- ''[[TWERPS]]'', of course.
* '''[[Wulin Sage]]''' -- ''[[Weapons of the Gods]]''
* '''[[Zombie Master]]''' -- ''[[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]''

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