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== A ==
 
== A ==
 
* A&8 - [[Aces & Eights]]
 
* A&8 - [[Aces & Eights]]
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* ACKS - [[Adventurer Conqueror King System]]
 
* AD&D - [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* AD&D - [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
 
* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
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* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
 
* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
 
* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
 
* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
* ArM - [[Ars Magica]]
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* AM or ArM - [[Ars Magica]]
 
* AtSA - [[Atlantis: the Second Age]]
 
* AtSA - [[Atlantis: the Second Age]]
 
* AU - [[Arcana Unearthed]]
 
* AU - [[Arcana Unearthed]]
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== D ==
 
== D ==
 
* D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
 
* D&D - [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
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* D&DN - [[Dungeons & Dragons Next]]
 
* DA:F - [[Dark Ages: Fae]]
 
* DA:F - [[Dark Ages: Fae]]
 
* DA:I - [[Dark Ages: Inquisitor]]
 
* DA:I - [[Dark Ages: Inquisitor]]
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* DA:WW - [[Dark Ages: Werewolf]]
 
* DA:WW - [[Dark Ages: Werewolf]]
 
* DC - [[Dark Conspiracy]] ''or'' [[DC Heroes]]
 
* DC - [[Dark Conspiracy]] ''or'' [[DC Heroes]]
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* DCC - [[Dungeon Crawl Classics]]
 
* DG - [[Delta Green]]
 
* DG - [[Delta Green]]
 
* DG:C - [[Delta Green: Countdown]]
 
* DG:C - [[Delta Green: Countdown]]
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* DTF or D:TF - [[Demon: The Fallen]]
 
* DTF or D:TF - [[Demon: The Fallen]]
 
* DW - [[Dungeon World]] ''or'' [[Deathwatch]]
 
* DW - [[Dungeon World]] ''or'' [[Deathwatch]]
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* DWAITS - [[Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space]]
  
 
== E ==
 
== E ==
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* FRED - [[Hero System]] Fifth Revised Edition
 
* FRED - [[Hero System]] Fifth Revised Edition
 
* FS - [[Feng Shui]] ''or'' [[Fading Suns]]
 
* FS - [[Feng Shui]] ''or'' [[Fading Suns]]
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* FU - [[Freeform Universal RPG]]
 
* [[FUDGE]] - [[Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine]] (official acronym)
 
* [[FUDGE]] - [[Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine]] (official acronym)
  
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* LBS - [[Legend of the Burning Sands]]
 
* LBS - [[Legend of the Burning Sands]]
 
* LL - [[Labyrinth Lord]]
 
* LL - [[Labyrinth Lord]]
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* LoA - [[Legends of Anglerre]]
 
* LOTR - [[Lord of the Rings]]
 
* LOTR - [[Lord of the Rings]]
 
* LS - [[Lost Souls]]
 
* LS - [[Lost Souls]]
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* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
 
* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
* [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
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* OSR or [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
 
* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
 
* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
 
* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
 
* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
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== P ==
 
== P ==
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* PbtA - Powered by the Apocalypse (i.e. based on the mechanics in [[Apocalypse World]])
 
* PD - [[Pendragon]]
 
* PD - [[Pendragon]]
 
* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
 
* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
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== S ==
 
== S ==
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* S7S - [[Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies]]
 
* S&W - [[Swords and Wizardry]]
 
* S&W - [[Swords and Wizardry]]
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* SA - [[Starblazer Adventures]]
 
* SAS - [[Silver Age Sentinels]]
 
* SAS - [[Silver Age Sentinels]]
 
* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
 
* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
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* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
 
* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
 
* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
 
* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
* SoF - [Strands of Fate]]
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* SoF - [[Strands of Fate]]
 
* SotC - [[Spirit of the Century]]
 
* SotC - [[Spirit of the Century]]
 
* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
 
* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
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* ST - [[Star Trek]] ''or'' [[Storyteller]]
 
* ST - [[Star Trek]] ''or'' [[Storyteller]]
 
* SW - [[Savage Worlds]] ''or'' [[Star Wars]] ''or'' [[Superworld]]
 
* SW - [[Savage Worlds]] ''or'' [[Star Wars]] ''or'' [[Superworld]]
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* STNF - [[Stalking the Night Fantastic]]
  
 
== T ==
 
== T ==
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* T&J - [[Truth & Justice]]
 
* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
 
* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
 
* T20 - [[Traveller 20]]
 
* T20 - [[Traveller 20]]

Revision as of 09:12, 13 September 2015


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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