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