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* '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]'' | * '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]'' | ||
* '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]'' | * '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]'' | ||
* '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'' | * '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dungeoneer]]'' | ||
* '''[[Dungeon Master]]''' -- ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' | * '''[[Dungeon Master]]''' -- ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' | ||
* '''[[Game Master]]''' -- ''[[Shadowrun]]'', many others | * '''[[Game Master]]''' -- ''[[Shadowrun]]'', many others | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 9 May 2005
The referee of a role-playing game is a player with a special job. Rather than playing a single character, he plays all the non-player characters in the game as well as presenting the current scenario or adventure to the players.
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
- Director -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dungeoneer
- Dungeon Master -- Dungeons & Dragons
- Game Master -- Shadowrun, many others
- Holmeister -- HOL
- Hollyhock God -- Nobilis
- Keeper of Arcane Secrets (or simply Keeper) -- Call of Cthulhu
- Man, The -- Starchildren
- Mission Director -- RECON Modern Combat
- Moderator -- Blue Planet
- Narrator -- Star Trek
- Referee -- Traveller
- Storyguide -- Ars Magica
- Storyteller -- White Wolf's various games
- Wulin Sage -- Weapons of the Gods