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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.
  
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...
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==Alternate Titles==
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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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* '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]''
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* '''[[Dungeon Master]]''' -- ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
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* '''[[Game Master]]''' -- ''[[Shadowrun]]'', many others
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* '''[[Hollyhock God]]''' -- ''[[Nobilis]]''
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* '''[[Keeper of Arcane Secrets]]''' (or simply '''Keeper''') -- ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]''
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* '''[[Mission Director]]''' -- ''[[RECON Modern Combat]]''
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* '''[[Moderator]]''' -- ''[[Blue Planet]]''
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* '''[[Narrator]]''' -- ''[[Star Trek]]''
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* '''[[Referee]]''' -- ''[[Traveller]]''
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* '''[[storyguide]]''' -- ''[[Ars Magica]]''
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* '''[[Storyteller]]''' -- [[White Wolf]]'s various games
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* '''[[Wulin Sage]]''' -- ''[[Weapons of the Gods]]''
  
 
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Revision as of 21:52, 8 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.