Game title abbreviations
Overview
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: Encyclopedia of Role-Playing Games
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3.5 - Dungeons & Dragons Edition 3.5
3E - Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition
7S - 7th Sea
A
AD&D - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
ADRPG - Amber Diceless RPG
AE - Amazing Engine or Arcana Evolved
AFMBE - All Flesh Must Be Eaten
AGOT - A Game Of Thrones
ArM - Ars Magica
AU - Arcana Unearthed
B
B&B - Bunnies and Burrows
BD&D - Basic Dungeons and Dragons
BESM - Big Eyes Small Mouth (official acronym)
BG - Blood Games
BGC - Bubblegum Crisis
BNW - Brave New World
BP - Blue Planet
BR - Blue Rose
BRP - Basic Roleplaying
BtVS - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
C
C&C - Castles and Crusades
C&S - Chivalry and Sorcery
CC - Core Command
CoC - Call of Cthulhu
ConX - Conspiracy X
CP - Cyberpunk
CP2020 - Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.
CT - Classic Traveller
CTD - Changeling: The Dreaming
D
D&D or DND - Dungeons and Dragons (nowadays usually refers to edition 3.0 or 3.5)
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
DG - Delta Green
DG:C - Delta Green: Countdown
DITV - Dogs in the Vineyard
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.
DTF - Demon: The Fallen
E
ED - Earthdawn
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
EPT - Empire of the Petal Throne
F
FATE - Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment (official acronym)
FB - Fireborn
FF - Forgotten Futures
FR - Forgotten Realms
FRED - Hero Fifth Revised Edition
FS - Feng Shui or Fading Suns
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
GURPS - Generic Universal Role-Playing System (official acronym)
GT - GURPS Traveller
GW - Gamma World
H
HG - Heavy Gear
HOL - Human Occupied Landfill
HQ - Heroquest
I
IC - Ironclaw
IK - Iron Kingdoms
IN - In Nomine
J
JAGS - Just Another Generic System (official acronym)
JC - Jovian Chronicles or Jadeclaw
JD - Judge Dredd
K
KOTE - Kindred of the East
KPFS - Kill puppies for Satan
L
L&S - Lace and Steel
L5R - Legend of the Five Rings
LOTR - Lord of the Rings
LS - Lost Souls
M
M&M - Mutants and Masterminds
MA - Metamorphosis Alpha
MEGS - Mayfair Exponential Gaming System (official acronym)
MERP - Middle-Earth Roleplaying
MET - Mind's Eye Theatre
MM - Monster Manual. Usually in reference to Dungeons and dragons.
MLWM - My Life With Master
MSPE - Mercenaries, Spies, and Private-Eyes
MT - MegaTraveller
MTA - Mage: The Ascension or Mage: The Awakening
MTAw = Mage: The Awakening
MTDA - Mage: The Dark Ages
MTSC - Mage: The Sorcerers' Crusade
MTR - Mummy: The Resurrection
MURPG - Marvel Universe RPG
MW - Mechwarrior
MWWG - Macho Women With Guns
N
N&SS - Ninjas and Superspies
NWOD - New World of Darkness
O
OD&D - Original Dungeons and Dragons
OTE - Over the Edge
OVA - Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game (official acronym)
OWOD - Old World of Darkness
P
PD - Pendragon
PHB - Players Handbook. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.
Q
R
RA - Random Anime
RD - Red Dwarf
RC - Rules Cyclopedia. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.
RQ - Runequest
RW - Ringworld
S
SAS - Silver Age Sentinels
SB - Stormbringer
SC - StarCluster or Sweet Chariot
SLA - SLA Industries
SoJ - Skyrealms of Jorune or Secrets of Japan (Call of Cthulhu supplement)
SR - Shadowrun
ST - Star Trek or Storyteller
SW - Savage Worlds or Star Wars or Superworld
T
T&T - Tunnels and Trolls
T20 - Traveller 20
T4 - Marc Miller's Traveller
T5 - Upcoming 5th Edition of Traveller
T8 - Tribe 8
Tal - Talislanta
THS - Transhuman Space
TINS - There Is No Spoon
TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness
TNE - Traveller: The New Era
TOJ - Time of judgement
ToMN - Tribes of Mother Night
TROS - The Riddle of Steel
TS - Transhuman Space or The Terran Story or Top Secret
TSOY - The Shadow of Yesterday
U
UA - Unknown Armies or Unearthed Arcana or Urban Arcana
V
V&V - Villains and Vigilantes
VTDA - Vampire: The Dark Ages
VTM - Vampire: The Masquerade
VTR - Vampire: The Requiem
W
WC - Witchcraft
WFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying
WHFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying
WLD - World's Largest Dungeon
WOD - World of Darkness
WOTG - Weapons of the Gods
WoW - Worlds of Wonder
WTA - Werewolf: The Apocalypse
WTF - Werewolf: The Forsaken
WTO - Wraith: The Oblivion