Difference between revisions of "Referee"

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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.

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
Chronicler -- Witchcraft, Armageddon
Director -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dungeoneer
Dungeon Master -- Dungeons & Dragons
Editor -- Pandemonium! Adventures in Tabloid World
Eminence Grise -- Agone
Game Master -- GURPS, Shadowrun, Jovian Chronicles, 7th Sea, Torg, MasterBook, many others
Holmeister -- HOL
Hollyhock God -- Nobilis
Host -- Castle Falkenstein, IronClaw, JadeClaw
Judge -- Marvel Super Heroes
Keeper of Arcane Lore (or simply Keeper) -- Call of Cthulhu
Kennel Master -- Woof Meow
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
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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 * '''[[Man, The]]''' -- ''[[Starchildren]]''
 * '''[[Marshal]]''' -- ''[[Deadlands]]''
+* '''[[Mission Control]]''' -- ''[[Spycraft]]''
 * '''[[Mission Director]]''' -- ''[[RECON]]'' and ''[[RECON Modern Combat]]''
 * '''[[Moderator]]''' -- ''[[Blue Planet]]''