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== Video Games ==
* [[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]] has Judges, which enforce arbitrary Laws during combat in order to force restrictions on the player.
** The presence of the judges is [[Justified Trope|justified]] in both Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and it's [[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2A2|sequel]]. In the first game, the judges exist due to the nature of {{spoiler|Mewt's subconscious desire to keep the world of Ivalice in existence. With judges making combat as difficult as possible, the protagonists will have a harder time accomplishing their goals.}}
** As for Final Fantasy Tactis A2, Judges were created in ages past in order to prevent the meaningless deaths of clan members. Clans voluntarily adjudge themselves in order to gain the protection of the judge; adjudged clan's members cannot die in battle. The cost of this protection is following relatively simple rules of combat.
* The [[Inevitable Tournament]] in ''[[Paper Mario: theThe Thousand -Year Door]]'' has your manager, who provides certain restrictions for the matches, like having to use at least one [[Limit Break|Star Power ability]] or not using items. If you break one, you won't move up a rank after winning the match.
* The old arena mech combat game, ''[[Starsiege|Battledrome]]'', had a referee that looked like a Frisbee. It handed out fines and disqualifications for firing banned weapons, shooting at the ref, or leaving the arena.