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* '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]'' | * '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]'' | ||
* '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]'' | * '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]'' | ||
| + | * '''[[Booker]]''' -- ''[[Kayfabe: The Insider Wrestling Game]]'' | ||
* '''[[Chronicler]]''' -- ''[[Witchcraft]]'', ''[[Armageddon]]'' | * '''[[Chronicler]]''' -- ''[[Witchcraft]]'', ''[[Armageddon]]'' | ||
* '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dungeoneer]]'', ''[[Wushu]]'' | * '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dungeoneer]]'', ''[[Wushu]]'' | ||
Revision as of 01:04, 20 November 2021
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
- Booker -- Kayfabe: The Insider Wrestling Game
- Chronicler -- Witchcraft, Armageddon
- Director -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dungeoneer, Wushu
- Dungeon Master -- Dungeons & Dragons
- Editor -- Pandemonium! Adventures in Tabloid World
- Eminence Grise -- Agone
- Fate -- World of Synnibarr
- Gamejudge -- Phantasia
- Game Master -- GURPS, Shadowrun, Jovian Chronicles, 7th Sea, Torg, MasterBook, many others
- General Manager -- WWE Know Your Role
- Holmeister -- HOL
- Hollyhock God -- Nobilis
- Host -- Castle Falkenstein, IronClaw, JadeClaw
- Judge -- Marvel Super Heroes
- Keeper of Arcane Lore (or simply Keeper) -- Call of Cthulhu
- Krom (the angry God of the Orks) -- Ork! The Roleplaying Game
- Kennel Master -- Woof Meow
- Loremaster -- The One Ring
- 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, Star Frontiers
- 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
