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<h2> Overview </h2>
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This is a guide to the many abbreviations for game books and game lines that you may encounter on the RPG.net forums.
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Numbers at the end of an abbreviation usually indicate the edition.  UA2 or UA2E, for example, would mean 'Unknown armies second edition'.
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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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== # ==
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* 3.5 - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] Edition 3.5
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* 3E or 3.x -  [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3rd Edition
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* 4E -  [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 4th Edition
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* 7S - [[7th Sea]]
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* 5ER - [[Hero System]] 5th edition Revised rulebook
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== A ==
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* A&8 - [[Aces & Eights]]
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* AD&D - [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]]
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* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
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* AE - [[Amazing Engine]] ''or'' [[Arcana Evolved]]
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* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
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* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
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* ArM - [[Ars Magica]]
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* AtSA - [[Atlantis: the Second Age]]
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* AU - [[Arcana Unearthed]]
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== B ==
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* B&B - [[Bunnies and Burrows]]
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* BD&D - [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]]
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* [[BESM]] - [[Big Eyes Small Mouth]] (official acronym)
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* BG - [[Blood Games]]
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* BGC - [[Bubblegum Crisis]]
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* BNW - [[Brave New World]]
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* BoJ - [[Book of Jalan]]
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* BoL - [[Barbarians of Lemuria]]
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* BotA - [[Barbarians of the Aftermath]]
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* BP - [[Blue Planet]]
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* BR - [[Blue Rose]] ''or'' [[Birthright]]
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* BRP - [[Basic Roleplaying]]
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* BRPG - [[Battleaxe Roleplaying Game]]
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* BTS - [[Beyond the Supernatural]] (Palladium Books)
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* BtVS - [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]
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* BW - [[Burning Wheel]]
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* BWc - [[Burning Wheel]] Classic, first edition
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* BWr - [[Burning Wheel]] Revised, current edition
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== C ==
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* C&C - [[Castles and Crusades]]
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* C&S - [[Chivalry and Sorcery]]
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* CAH - [[Cartoon Action Hour]]
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* CAH: S2 - [[Cartoon Action Hour: Season Two]]
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* CC - [[Core Command]]
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* CoC - [[Call of Cthulhu]]
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* ConX - [[Conspiracy X]]
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* CP - [[Cyberpunk]]
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* CP2020 - [[Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.]]
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* CS - [[Cold Space]]
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* CT - [[Classic Traveller]] ''or'' [[CthulhuTech]]
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* CTD or C:tD - [[Changeling: The Dreaming]]
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* C:tL - [[Changeling: The Lost]]
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* CwS - [[Commonwealth Space]]
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== D ==
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* D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
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* DA:F - [[Dark Ages: Fae]]
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* DA:I - [[Dark Ages: Inquisitor]]
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* DA:M - [[Dark Ages: Mage]]
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* DA:V - [[Dark Ages: Vampire]]
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* DA:WW - [[Dark Ages: Werewolf]]
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* DC - [[Dark Conspiracy]] ''or'' [[DC Heroes]]
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* DG - [[Delta Green]]
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* DG:C - [[Delta Green: Countdown]]
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* DH - [[Dark Heresy]] (set in the [[Warhammer 40,000]] universe)
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* DitV - [[Dogs in the Vineyard]]
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* DMG - [[Dungeon Master's Guide]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
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* DnD or D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
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* DQ - [[Dragonquest]]
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* DS - [[Dawning Star]] ''or'' [[Dark Sun]]
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* DTF or D:TF - [[Demon: The Fallen]]
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== E ==
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* ED - [[Earthdawn]]
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* E:tA - [[Exalted: The Abyssals]]
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* E:tAu - [[Exalted: The Autochthonians]]
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* E:tDB - [[Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded]]
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* E:tFF - [[Exalted: The Fair Folk]]
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* E:tL - [[Exalted: The Lunars]]
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* E:tS - [[Exalted: The Sidereals]]
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* EPT - [[Empire of the Petal Throne]]
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== F ==
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* [[F.A.T.A.L.]] [[Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery]] A.K.A. [[From Another Time; Another Land]] (official acronym)
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* [[FATE]] - [[Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment]] (official acronym)
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* FB - [[Fireborn]]
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* FF - [[Forgotten Futures]]
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* FR - [[Forgotten Realms]]
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* FRED - [[Hero System]] Fifth Revised Edition
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* FS - [[Feng Shui]] ''or'' [[Fading Suns]]
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* [[FUDGE]] - [[Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine]] (official acronym)
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== G ==
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* GB - [[Gangbusters]] ''or'' [[Ghostbusters]]
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* GBI - [[Ghostbusters International]]
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* GH - [[Greyhawk]] ''or'' [[Golden Heroes]]
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* GK - [[Gear Krieg]]
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* GoO - [[Guardians of Order]]
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* [[GURPS]] - [[GURPS|Generic Universal Role-Playing System]] (official acronym)
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* GT - [[GURPS Traveller]]
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* GW - [[Gamma World]]
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== H ==
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* HEX - [[Hollow Earth Expedition]]
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* HG - [[Heavy Gear]]
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* HKAT - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]
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* HKAT2 - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]] 2nd Edition
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* HOL - [[Human Occupied Landfill]]
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* HM - [[High Medieval]]
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* HQ - [[HeroQuest]]
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* HTR or H:TR - [[Hunter: The Reckoning]]
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* H:tV - [[Hunter: The Vigil]]
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== I ==
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* IC - [[Ironclaw]]
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* IH - [[Iron Heroes]]
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* IK - [[Iron Kingdoms]]
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* IN - [[In Nomine]]
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* IHW - [[In Harm's Way]] series
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== J ==
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* [[JAGS]] - [[Just Another Generic System]] (official acronym)
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* JC - [[Jovian Chronicles]] ''or'' [[Jadeclaw]]
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* JD - [[Judge Dredd]]
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Ah Sarah! I have read your name several times and have nocteid your books out and about on the internet. But, I assumed that you had been around for a while. I am thrilled to find out that we started our journey at about the same time. I published my first novel, Life is But a Dream, during the last week of January 2011  probably just a few weeks behind you. I would not have even published it then if it was not for an unwanted 2010 Christmas present from my husband  a Kindle. I was planning on going the traditional route. But that  unwanted  Kindle has changed my life! Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us. I will have to stop by often to see how things are going. Best of luck to you! This Indie thing is a whirlwind, isn't it? And so much fun! I love meeting other writers and hearing from so many readers.
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== L ==
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* L&S - [[Lace and Steel]]
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* L5R - [[Legend of the Five Rings]]
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* LBS - [[Legend of the Burning Sands]]
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* LL - [[Labyrinth Lord]]
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* LOTR - [[Lord of the Rings]]
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* LS - [[Lost Souls]]
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== M ==
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* M&M - [[Mutants & Masterminds]] ''or'' [[Mazes & Minotaurs]]
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* M2 - [[Mekton II]]
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* MA - [[Metamorphosis Alpha]]
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*[[MEGS]] - [[Mayfair Exponential Gaming System]] (official acronym)
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* MERP - [[Middle-Earth Roleplaying]]
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* MET - [[Mind's Eye Theatre]]
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* MF - [[Mutant Future]]
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* MII - [[Mekton II]]
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* MM - [[Monster Manual]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
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* MLWM - [[My Life With Master]]
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* MSH - [[Marvel Super Heroes]]
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* MSPE - [[Mercenaries, Spies, and Private-Eyes]]
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* MT - [[MegaTraveller]]
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* MTA or M:TA - [[Mage: The Ascension]] ''or'' [[Mage: The Awakening]]
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* MTAs or M:TAs - [[Mage: The Ascension]]
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* MTAw or M:TAw- [[Mage: The Awakening]]
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* MTDA or M:TDA - [[Mage: The Dark Ages]]
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* MTSC or M:TSC- [[Mage: The Sorcerers' Crusade]]
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* MTR or M:TR- [[Mummy: The Resurrection]]
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* MURPG - [[Marvel Universe RPG]]
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* MW - [[Mechwarrior]]
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* MWWG - [[Macho Women With Guns]]
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* MZ - [[Mekton Zeta]]
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== N ==
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* N&S - [[Ninjas and Superspies]]
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* NB - [[Ninja Burger]]
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* NWOD, NWoD or nWoD - [[New World of Darkness]]
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== O ==
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* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
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* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
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* [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
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* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
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* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
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* OWOD, OWoD or oWoD - [[Old World of Darkness]]
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* OHMAS - [[On Her Majesty's Arcane Service]]
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== P ==
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* PD - [[Pendragon]]
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* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
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* PTA - [[Primetime Adventures]]
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== Q ==
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== R ==
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* RA - [[Random Anime]]
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* RC - [[Rules Cyclopedia]] ([[Dungeons & Dragons]])
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* RD - [[Red Dwarf]]
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* RL - [[Ravenloft]]
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* RM - [[Rolemaster]]
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* RQ - [[Runequest]]
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* RW - [[Ringworld]]
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== S ==
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* S&W - [[Swords and Wizardry]]
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* SAS - [[Silver Age Sentinels]]
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* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
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* SC - [[StarCluster]] ''or'' [[Sweet Chariot]]
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* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
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* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
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* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
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* SR - [[Shadowrun]]
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* ST - [[Star Trek]] ''or'' [[Storyteller]]
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* SW - [[Savage Worlds]] ''or'' [[Star Wars]] ''or'' [[Superworld]]
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== T ==
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* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
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* T20 - [[Traveller 20]]
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* T4 - [[Marc Miller's Traveller]]
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* T5 - [[Traveller]] 5th Edition
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* T8 - [[Tribe 8]]
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* Tal - [[Talislanta]]
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* TF2V - [[Tales from the Floating Vagabond]]
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* THS - [[Transhuman Space]]
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* TINS - [[There Is No Spoon]]
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* TMNT - [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness]]
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* TNE - [[Traveller: The New Era]]
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* TOJ - [[Time of judgement]]
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* ToMN - [[Tribes of Mother Night]]
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* TROS - [[The Riddle of Steel]]
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* TS - [[Transhuman Space]] ''or'' [[The Terran Story]] ''or'' [[Top Secret]]
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* TSOY - [[The Shadow of Yesterday]]
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* Tw2k - [[Twilight 2000]]
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== U ==
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* UA - [[Unknown Armies]] ''or'' [[Unearthed Arcana]] ''or'' [[Urban Arcana]]
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* Univ - [[Universe, The Sci-Fi RPG]]
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* UnMet - [[Unhallowed Metropolis]]
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== V ==
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* V&V - [[Villains and Vigilantes]]
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* VAV or VA:V - [[Victorian Age: Vampire]]
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* VTDA or V:TDA - [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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* VTM or V:TM - [[Vampire: The Masquerade]]
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* VTR or V:TR - [[Vampire: The Requiem]]
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== W ==
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* WC - [[Witchcraft]]
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* WFRP or WHFRP - [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]
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* WH40K - [[Warhammer 40,000]]
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* WLD - [[World's Largest Dungeon]]
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* WOD - [[World of Darkness]]
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* WoT - [[The Wheel of Time]]
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* WOTG - [[Weapons of the Gods]]
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* WoW - [[Worlds of Wonder]]
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* WTA, W:TA, WWTA or WW:TA - [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]
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* WTF, W:TF, WWTF or WW:TF - [[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]
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* WTGW or W:TGW - [[Wraith: The Great War]]
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* WTO or W:TO - [[Wraith: The Oblivion]]
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* WWTWW or WW:WW or WW:TWW - [[Werewolf: The Wild West]]
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== X ==
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== Y ==
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== Z ==
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ZoZ - [[The Zorcerer of Zo]]

Revision as of 14:44, 22 August 2012


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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Ah Sarah! I have read your name several times and have nocteid your books out and about on the internet. But, I assumed that you had been around for a while. I am thrilled to find out that we started our journey at about the same time. I published my first novel, Life is But a Dream, during the last week of January 2011 probably just a few weeks behind you. I would not have even published it then if it was not for an unwanted 2010 Christmas present from my husband a Kindle. I was planning on going the traditional route. But that unwanted Kindle has changed my life! Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us. I will have to stop by often to see how things are going. Best of luck to you! This Indie thing is a whirlwind, isn't it? And so much fun! I love meeting other writers and hearing from so many readers.

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ZoZ - The Zorcerer of Zo