Game title abbreviations

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<h2> Overview </h2>
This is a guide to the many abbreviations for game books and game lines that you may encounter on the RPG.net forums.

Numbers at the end of an abbreviation usually indicate the edition. UA2 or UA2E, for example, would mean 'Unknown armies second edition'.

A very useful resource for publication histories and brief descriptions of these games (and many others) is the online Encyclopedia of Role-Playing Games: [http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ Encyclopedia of Role-Playing Games]

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== # ==
* 3.5 - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] Edition 3.5
* 3E or 3.x - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3rd Edition
* 3.75E - common nickname for [[Pathfinder]] (First Edition)
* 4E - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 4th Edition
* 5E - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 5th Edition. By far the most popular RPG. In rare cases, context of [[Shadowrun]], "5E" can refer to it's 5th Edition.
* 7S - [[7th Sea]]
* 5ER - [[Hero System]] 5th edition Revised rulebook

== A ==
* A&8 - [[Aces & Eights]]
* ACKS - [[Adventurer Conqueror King System]]
* AD&D - [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]]
* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
* AE - [[Amazing Engine]] ''or'' [[Arcana Evolved]]
* AFF - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Fighting_Fantasy Advanced Fighting Fantasy]
* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
* AM or ArM - [[Ars Magica]]
* AtSA - [[Atlantis: the Second Age]]
* AU - [[Arcana Unearthed]]
* AW - [[Apocalypse World]]

== B ==
* B&B - [[Bunnies and Burrows]]
* BD&D - [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]]
* [[BESM]] - [[Big Eyes Small Mouth]] (official acronym)
* BECMI - The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_&_Dragons_Basic_Set_and_revisions 1983 version of D&D] that vas published for 5 tiers of parities ('''B'''eginner(lvl.1-3), '''E'''xpert(lvl.4-14) '''C'''ompanion(lvl.15-25 '''M'''aster(lvl.16-36) '''I'''mmortal(lvl. 36->))
* BG - [[Blood Games]]
* BGC - [[Bubblegum Crisis]]
* BNW - [[Brave New World]]
* BoJ - [[Book of Jalan]]
* BoL - [[Barbarians of Lemuria]]
* BotA - [[Barbarians of the Aftermath]]
* BP - [[Blue Planet]]
* BR - [[Blue Rose]] ''or'' [[Birthright]]
* BRP - [[Basic Roleplaying]]
* BRPG - [[Battleaxe Roleplaying Game]]
* BTS - [[Beyond the Supernatural]] (Palladium Books)
* BtVS - [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]
* BW - [[Burning Wheel]]
* BWc - [[Burning Wheel]] Classic, first edition
* BWr - [[Burning Wheel]] Revised, current edition
* B/X, BX - The Basic D&D edition from 1981, short for Basic/Expert

== C ==
* C&C - [[Castles and Crusades]]
* C&S - [[Chivalry and Sorcery]]
* CAH - [[Cartoon Action Hour]]
* CAH: S2 - [[Cartoon Action Hour: Season Two]]
* CC - [[Core Command]]
* CoC - [[Call of Cthulhu]]
* CoD - Chonicles of Darkness, also know as [[New World of Darkness]]
* ConX - [[Conspiracy X]]
* CP - [[Cyberpunk]]
* CP2020 - [[Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.]]
* CS - [[Cold Space]]
* CT - [[Classic Traveller]] ''or'' [[CthulhuTech]]
* CTD or C:tD - [[Changeling: The Dreaming]]
* C:tL - [[Changeling: The Lost]]
* CWOD, cWOD or cWoD - [[Classic World of Darkness]]
* CwS - [[Commonwealth Space]]

== D ==
* D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
* D&DN - [[Dungeons & Dragons Next]]
* DA:F - [[Dark Ages: Fae]]
* DA:I - [[Dark Ages: Inquisitor]]
* DA:M - [[Dark Ages: Mage]]
* DA:V - [[Dark Ages: Vampire]]
* DA:WW - [[Dark Ages: Werewolf]]
* DC - [[Dark Conspiracy]] ''or'' [[DC Heroes]]
* DCC - [[Dungeon Crawl Classics]]
* DG - [[Delta Green]]
* DG:C - [[Delta Green: Countdown]]
* DH - [[Dark Heresy]] (set in the [[Warhammer 40,000]] universe)
* DitV - [[Dogs in the Vineyard]]
* DMG - [[Dungeon Master's Guide]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
* DnD or D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
* DQ - [[Dragonquest]]
* DS - [[Dawning Star]] ''or'' [[Dark Sun]]
* DTF or D:TF - [[Demon: The Fallen]]
* DW - [[Dungeon World]] ''or'' [[Deathwatch]]
* DWAITS - [[Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space]]

== E ==
* ED - [[Earthdawn]]
* EGtW - Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, D&D 5E
* ERftW - Eberron: Rising from the Last War, D&D 5E
* E:tA - [[Exalted: The Abyssals]]
* E:tAu - [[Exalted: The Autochthonians]]
* E:tDB - [[Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded]]
* E:tFF - [[Exalted: The Fair Folk]]
* E:tL - [[Exalted: The Lunars]]
* E:tS - [[Exalted: The Sidereals]]
* EP - [[Eclipse Phase]]
* EPT - [[Empire of the Petal Throne]]

== F ==
* [[F.A.T.A.L.]] [[Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery]] A.K.A. [[From Another Time; Another Land]] (official acronym)
* [[FATE]] - [[Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment]] (official acronym), or the Fate RPG by Evil Hat
* FB - [[Fireborn]]
* FF - [[Forgotten Futures]]
* FR - [[Forgotten Realms]]
* FRED - [[Hero System]] Fifth Revised Edition
* FS - [[Feng Shui]] ''or'' [[Fading Suns]]
* FU - [[Freeform Universal RPG]]
* [[FUDGE]] - [[Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine]] (official acronym)

== G ==
* GB - [[Gangbusters]] ''or'' [[Ghostbusters]]
* GBI - [[Ghostbusters International]]
* GH - [[Greyhawk]] ''or'' [[Golden Heroes]]
* GK - [[Gear Krieg]]
* GoO - [[Guardians of Order]]
* [[GURPS]] - [[GURPS|Generic Universal Role-Playing System]] (official acronym)
* GT - [[GURPS Traveller]]
* GW - [[Gamma World]]

== H ==
* HEX - [[Hollow Earth Expedition]]
* HG - [[Heavy Gear]]
* H+I - [[Honor + Intrigue]]
* HKAT - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]
* HKAT2 - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]] 2nd Edition
* HM - [[High Medieval]]
* HOL - [[Human Occupied Landfill]]
* HSD - Hc Svnt Dracones
* HQ - [[HeroQuest]]
* HTR or H:TR - [[Hunter: The Reckoning]]
* H:tV - [[Hunter: The Vigil]]

== I ==
* IC - [[Ironclaw]]
* IH - [[Iron Heroes]]
* IK - [[Iron Kingdoms]]
* IN - [[In Nomine]]
* IHW - [[In Harm's Way]] series

== J ==
* [[JAGS]] - [[Just Another Generic System]] (official acronym)
* JC - [[Jovian Chronicles]] ''or'' [[Jadeclaw]]
* JD - [[Judge Dredd]]

== L ==
* L&S - [[Lace and Steel]]
* L5R - [[Legend of the Five Rings]]
* LBS - [[Legend of the Burning Sands]]
* LL - [[Labyrinth Lord]]
* LoA - [[Legends of Anglerre]]
* LOTR - [[Lord of the Rings]]
* LS - [[Lost Souls]]

== M ==
* M&M - [[Mutants & Masterminds]] ''or'' [[Mazes & Minotaurs]]
* M:YZ - Mutant:Year Zero, a game by Free League with many derivatives using the same rules
* M2 - [[Mekton II]]
* MA - [[Metamorphosis Alpha]]
*[[MEGS]] - [[Mayfair Exponential Gaming System]] (official acronym)
* MERP - [[Middle-Earth Roleplaying]]
* MET - [[Mind's Eye Theatre]]
* MF - [[Mutant Future]]
* MHR - [[Marvel Heroic Roleplaying]]
* MII - [[Mekton II]]
* MLWM - [[My Life With Master]]
* MM - [[Monster Manual]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
* MotW - Monster of the Week, a "Powered by the Apocalypse(PbtA)"-game
* MRQ - [[Mongoose Runequest]]
* MSH - [[Marvel Super Heroes]]
* MSPE - [[Mercenaries, Spies, and Private-Eyes]]
* MT - [[MegaTraveller]]
* MTA or M:TA - [[Mage: The Ascension]] ''or'' [[Mage: The Awakening]]
* MTAs or M:TAs - [[Mage: The Ascension]]
* MTAw or M:TAw- [[Mage: The Awakening]]
* MTDA or M:TDA - [[Mage: The Dark Ages]]
* MTSC or M:TSC- [[Mage: The Sorcerers' Crusade]]
* MTR or M:TR- [[Mummy: The Resurrection]]
* MURPG - [[Marvel Universe RPG]]
* MW - [[Mechwarrior]]
* MWWG - [[Macho Women With Guns]]
* MZ - [[Mekton Zeta]]

== N ==
* N&S - [[Ninjas and Superspies]]
* NB - [[Ninja Burger]]
* NBA - [[Night's Black Agents]]
* NWOD, NWoD or nWoD - [[New World of Darkness]]

== O ==
* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
* OSE - Old School Essentials (D&D retroclone)
* OSR - Old School Revival/Renaissance, a category of games aiming for an old-school D&D gameplay
* [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
* OotA - Out of the Abyss, D&D 5E
* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
* OWOD, OWoD or oWoD - [[Old World of Darkness]]
* OHMAS - [[On Her Majesty's Arcane Service]]

== P ==
* PbtA - Powered by the Apocalypse (i.e. based on the mechanics in [[Apocalypse World]])
* PD - [[Pendragon]]
* PF - [[Pathfinder]]
* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
* PotA - Princes of the Apocalypse, D&D 5E
* PTA - [[Primetime Adventures]]

== Q ==
* QAGS - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAGS Quick Ass Game System] (official acronym)
== R ==
* RA - [[Random Anime]]
* RC - [[Rules Cyclopedia]] ([[Dungeons & Dragons]])
* RD - [[Red Dwarf]]
* RL - [[Ravenloft]]
* RM - [[Rolemaster]]
** RMC (Classic)
** RMSS (Standard System)
** RMU (Unity)
* RQ - [[Runequest]]
* RT - [[Rogue Trader]]
* RW - [[Ringworld]]

== S ==
* S7S - [[Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies]]
* S&W - [[Swords and Wizardry]]
* SA - [[Starblazer Adventures]]
* SAS - [[Silver Age Sentinels]]
* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
* SC - [[StarCluster]] ''or'' [[Sweet Chariot]]
* SCAG - Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, D&D5E
* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
* SoF - [[Strands of Fate]]
* SotC - [[Spirit of the Century]]
* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
* SR - [[Shadowrun]]
* SS&SS - Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells
* ST - [[Star Trek]] ''or'' [[Storyteller]]
* SW - [[Savage Worlds]] ''or'' [[Star Wars]] ''or'' [[Superworld]]
* STNF - [[Stalking the Night Fantastic]]

== T ==
* T&J - [[Truth & Justice]]
* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
* T20 - [[Traveller 20]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True20 True20]
* T4 - [[Marc Miller's Traveller]]
* T5 - [[Traveller]] 5th Edition
* T8 - [[Tribe 8]]
* Tal - [[Talislanta]]
* TCoE, TCE - Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, D&D 5E
* TF2V - [[Tales from the Floating Vagabond]]
* THS - [[Transhuman Space]]
* TINS - [[There Is No Spoon]]
* TMNT - [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness]]
* TNE - [[Traveller: The New Era]]
* ToC - [[Trail of Cthulhu]]
* TOJ - [[Time of judgement]]
* ToMN - [[Tribes of Mother Night]]
* TOR - [[The One Ring]]
* TROS - [[The Riddle of Steel]]
* TS - [[Transhuman Space]] ''or'' [[The Terran Story]] ''or'' [[Top Secret]]
* TSOY - [[The Shadow of Yesterday]]
* Tw2k - [[Twilight 2000]]
* TWERPS - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWERPS The World's Easiest Role-Playing System] (official acronym)

== U ==
* UA - [[Unknown Armies]] ''or'' [[Unearthed Arcana]] ''or'' [[Urban Arcana]]
* Univ - [[Universe, The Sci-Fi RPG]]
* UnMet - [[Unhallowed Metropolis]]

== V ==
* V&V - [[Villains and Vigilantes]]
* VAV or VA:V - [[Victorian Age: Vampire]]
* VGtM - Volo's Guide to Monsters, D&D 5E
* VTDA or V:TDA - [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
* VTM or V:TM - [[Vampire: The Masquerade]]
* VTR or V:TR - [[Vampire: The Requiem]]

== W ==
* WC - [[Witchcraft]]
* WFRP or WHFRP - [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]
* WH40K - [[Warhammer 40,000]]
* WLD - [[World's Largest Dungeon]]
* WOD - [[World of Darkness]]
* WoT - [[The Wheel of Time]]
* WOTG - [[Weapons of the Gods]]
* WoW - [[Worlds of Wonder]]
* WTA, W:TA, WWTA or WW:TA - [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]
* WTF, W:TF, WWTF or WW:TF - [[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]
* WTGW or W:TGW - [[Wraith: The Great War]]
* WTO or W:TO - [[Wraith: The Oblivion]]
* WWTWW or WW:WW or WW:TWW - [[Werewolf: The Wild West]]

== X ==
* XGE - Xanathar's Guide To Everything, D&D 5E

== Y ==

== Z ==
* ZoZ - [[The Zorcerer of Zo]]

Masterplan

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= Masterplan =

Masterplan was a free D&D (4th edition) campaign planner / adventure design tool for Windows, which was discontinued at some point between July 2016 and July 2017, when the project's homepage expired.

Development was discontinued in February 2014, when the last version was released, v.11.11[https://web.archive.org/web/20140219173156/http://masterplan.habitualindolence.net/ 1].

Masterplan can still be downloaded from the 2016 version saved on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160724081756fw_/http://masterplan.habitualindolence.net/downloads.htm Web Archives].

== Features ==

=== Plot Flowchart ===

Masterplan allows you to organise your adventure using a simple drag-and-drop flowchart view, which indicates when the party is likely to level up.

=== Combat Encounters ===

Masterplan lets you build combat encounters, displaying the creature statblocks and the encounter XP value; XP targets are shown and inappropriate challenges are highlighted, and creatures can be levelled up and down as desired. Masterplan can generate encounters randomly or semi-randomly using the DMG encounter templates or an encounter deck. Masterplan can even run the combat encounter, keeping track of hit points, conditions and ongoing damage.

=== Treasure Parcels ===

Masterplan contains a treasure parcel generator which automatically pulls in magic items of the appropriate levels.

=== Traps / Hazards ===

Masterplan includes a simple editor for creating traps and hazards. Traps can be added to encounters.

=== Skill Challenges ===

Masterplan includes a skill challenge editor which automatically calculates the XP value of a skill challenge and provides appropriate DC values. Skill challenges can be added to encounters.

=== Tactical Maps ===

Masterplan allows you to build and edit maps using dungeon tiles or other images; these maps can then be used in encounters. Maps can be automatically generated, and delve-style adventures can be randomly generated from any map with one click. During combat you can even draw directly on the map.

=== Encyclopedia ===

Masterplan contains an integrated project encyclopedia.

=== Player Options ===

You can define races, paragon paths, epic destinies, feats etc for player use.

=== Player View ===

During a session, Masterplan makes it easy for you to share information with your players using a separate display.

=== Extensibility ===

You can extend Masterplan by writing add-ins for it.

=== Compendium Integration ===

You can download creatures, traps / hazards and magic items into Masterplan directly from the Wizards of the Coast Compendium. This feature has been disabled due to a C&D letter from Wizards of the Coast. However, creatures can still be exported from the Adventure Tools and imported into Masterplan.

== Community ==

Masterplan had a Facebook page, and users of it also communicated on the old Wizards D&D forums, both which are defunct.

In 2020 a script to export MasterPlan stats to Roll20 was created by draconas1

* [https://github.com/draconas1/masterplan-json-export Creature Exporter for MasterPlan(GitHub)]

== Links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720091339/http://masterplan.habitualindolence.net/ Masterplan website] (Web Archive July 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720091339/http://masterplan.habitualindolence.net/ Version history] (Web Archives July 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160724081756fw_/http://masterplan.habitualindolence.net/downloads.htm Download page] (Web Archives July 2016)
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Masterplan/93998019773 Facebook page] (deleted)

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