Referee
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
- Eminence Grice -- Agone
- Game Master -- Shadowrun, Jovian Chronicles, 7th Sea, many others
- Holmeister -- HOL
- Hollyhock God -- Nobilis
- Host -- Castle Falkenstein, IronClaw, JadeClaw
- Keeper of Arcane Lore (or simply Keeper) -- Call of Cthulhu
- Kennel Master -- Woof Meow
- Man, The -- Starchildren
- Marshal -- Deadlands
- Mission Director -- RECON and RECON Modern Combat
- Moderator -- Blue Planet
- Narrator -- Star Trek
- Referee -- Traveller
- SchoolMaster -- Alma Mater
- Storyguide -- Ars Magica
- Storyteller -- White Wolf's various games
- Wulin Sage -- Weapons of the Gods