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* 3.5 - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] Edition 3.5
 
* 3.5 - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] Edition 3.5
 
* 3E or 3.x -  [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3rd Edition
 
* 3E or 3.x -  [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3rd Edition
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* 4E - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 4th Edition
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* 3.75E - common nickname for [[Pathfinder]] (First Edition)
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* 4E - [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 4th Edition
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* 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]]
 
* 7S - [[7th Sea]]
 
* 5ER - [[Hero System]] 5th edition Revised rulebook
 
* 5ER - [[Hero System]] 5th edition Revised rulebook
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* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
 
* ADRPG - [[Amber Diceless RPG]]
 
* AE - [[Amazing Engine]] ''or'' [[Arcana Evolved]]
 
* AE - [[Amazing Engine]] ''or'' [[Arcana Evolved]]
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* AFF - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Fighting_Fantasy Advanced Fighting Fantasy]
 
* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
 
* AFMBE - [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]
 
* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
 
* AGOT - [[A Game Of Thrones]]
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* BD&D - [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]]
 
* BD&D - [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]]
 
* [[BESM]] - [[Big Eyes Small Mouth]] (official acronym)
 
* [[BESM]] - [[Big Eyes Small Mouth]] (official acronym)
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* 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]]
 
* BG - [[Blood Games]]
 
* BGC - [[Bubblegum Crisis]]
 
* BGC - [[Bubblegum Crisis]]
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* BWc - [[Burning Wheel]] Classic, first edition
 
* BWc - [[Burning Wheel]] Classic, first edition
 
* BWr - [[Burning Wheel]] Revised, current edition
 
* BWr - [[Burning Wheel]] Revised, current edition
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* B/X, BX - The Basic D&D edition from 1981, short for Basic/Expert
  
 
== C ==
 
== C ==
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* CC - [[Core Command]]
 
* CC - [[Core Command]]
 
* CoC - [[Call of Cthulhu]]
 
* CoC - [[Call of Cthulhu]]
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* CoD - Chonicles of Darkness, also know as [[New World of Darkness]]
 
* ConX - [[Conspiracy X]]
 
* ConX - [[Conspiracy X]]
 
* CP - [[Cyberpunk]]
 
* CP - [[Cyberpunk]]
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== E ==
 
== E ==
 
* ED - [[Earthdawn]]
 
* ED - [[Earthdawn]]
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* EGtW - Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, D&D 5E
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* ERftW - Eberron: Rising from the Last War, D&D 5E
 
* E:tA - [[Exalted: The Abyssals]]
 
* E:tA - [[Exalted: The Abyssals]]
 
* E:tAu - [[Exalted: The Autochthonians]]
 
* E:tAu - [[Exalted: The Autochthonians]]
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== F ==
 
== F ==
 
* [[F.A.T.A.L.]] [[Fantasy Adventure To Adult Lechery]] A.K.A. [[From Another Time; Another Land]] (official acronym)
 
* [[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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* [[FATE]] - [[Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment]] (official acronym), or the Fate RPG by Evil Hat
 
* FB - [[Fireborn]]
 
* FB - [[Fireborn]]
 
* FF - [[Forgotten Futures]]
 
* FF - [[Forgotten Futures]]
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* HKAT - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]
 
* HKAT - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]
 
* HKAT2 - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]] 2nd Edition
 
* HKAT2 - [[Hong Kong Action Theatre]] 2nd Edition
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* HM - [[High Medieval]]
 
* HOL - [[Human Occupied Landfill]]
 
* HOL - [[Human Occupied Landfill]]
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* HM - [[High Medieval]]
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* HSD - Hc Svnt Dracones
 
* HQ - [[HeroQuest]]
 
* HQ - [[HeroQuest]]
 
* HTR or H:TR - [[Hunter: The Reckoning]]
 
* HTR or H:TR - [[Hunter: The Reckoning]]
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== M ==
 
== M ==
 
* M&M - [[Mutants & Masterminds]] ''or'' [[Mazes & Minotaurs]]
 
* M&M - [[Mutants & Masterminds]] ''or'' [[Mazes & Minotaurs]]
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* M:YZ - Mutant:Year Zero, a game by Free League with many derivatives using the same rules
 
* M2 - [[Mekton II]]
 
* M2 - [[Mekton II]]
 
* MA - [[Metamorphosis Alpha]]
 
* MA - [[Metamorphosis Alpha]]
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* MHR - [[Marvel Heroic Roleplaying]]
 
* MHR - [[Marvel Heroic Roleplaying]]
 
* MII - [[Mekton II]]
 
* MII - [[Mekton II]]
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* MLWM - [[My Life With Master]]
 
* MM - [[Monster Manual]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
 
* MM - [[Monster Manual]] (usually in reference to [[Dungeons & Dragons]])
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* MLWM - [[My Life With Master]]
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* MotW - Monster of the Week, a "Powered by the Apocalypse(PbtA)"-game
 
* MRQ - [[Mongoose Runequest]]
 
* MRQ - [[Mongoose Runequest]]
 
* MSH - [[Marvel Super Heroes]]
 
* MSH - [[Marvel Super Heroes]]
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* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* OD&D - [[Original Dungeons and Dragons]]
 
* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
 
* ORE - [[One Roll Engine]]
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* OSR or [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
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* OSE - Old School Essentials (D&D retroclone)
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* OSR - Old School Revival/Renaissance, a category of games aiming for an old-school D&D gameplay
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* [[OSRIC]] - [[Old School Reference and Index Compilation]] (official acronym)
 
* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
 
* OTE - [[Over the Edge]]
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* OotA - Out of the Abyss, D&D 5E
 
* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
 
* [[OVA]] - [[Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game]] (official acronym)
 
* OWOD, OWoD or oWoD - [[Old World of Darkness]]
 
* OWOD, OWoD or oWoD - [[Old World of Darkness]]
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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]]
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* PF - [[Pathfinder]]
 
* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
 
* PHB - [[Player's Handbook]] (usually in reference to Dungeons & Dragons)
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* PotA - Princes of the Apocalypse, D&D 5E
 
* PTA - [[Primetime Adventures]]
 
* PTA - [[Primetime Adventures]]
  
 
== Q ==
 
== Q ==
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* QAGS - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAGS Quick Ass Game System] (official acronym)
 
== R ==
 
== R ==
 
* RA - [[Random Anime]]
 
* RA - [[Random Anime]]
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* RL - [[Ravenloft]]
 
* RL - [[Ravenloft]]
 
* RM - [[Rolemaster]]
 
* RM - [[Rolemaster]]
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** RMC (Classic)
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** RMSS (Standard System)
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** RMU (Unity)
 
* RQ - [[Runequest]]
 
* RQ - [[Runequest]]
 
* RT - [[Rogue Trader]]
 
* RT - [[Rogue Trader]]
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* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
 
* SB - [[Stormbringer]]
 
* SC - [[StarCluster]] ''or'' [[Sweet Chariot]]
 
* SC - [[StarCluster]] ''or'' [[Sweet Chariot]]
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* SCAG - Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, D&D5E
 
* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
 
* SF - [[Star Frontiers]]
 
* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
 
* SLA - [[SLA Industries]]
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* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
 
* SoJ - [[Skyrealms of Jorune]] ''or'' [[Secrets of Japan]] ([[Call of Cthulhu]] supplement)
 
* SR - [[Shadowrun]]
 
* SR - [[Shadowrun]]
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* SS&SS - Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells
 
* 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 ==
 
* T&J - [[Truth & Justice]]
 
* T&J - [[Truth & Justice]]
 
* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
 
* T&T - [[Tunnels and Trolls]]
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* T20 - [[Traveller 20]]
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* T20 - [[Traveller 20]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True20 True20]
 
* T4 - [[Marc Miller's Traveller]]
 
* T4 - [[Marc Miller's Traveller]]
 
* T5 - [[Traveller]] 5th Edition
 
* T5 - [[Traveller]] 5th Edition
 
* T8 - [[Tribe 8]]
 
* T8 - [[Tribe 8]]
 
* Tal - [[Talislanta]]
 
* Tal - [[Talislanta]]
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* TCoE, TCE - Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, D&D 5E
 
* TF2V - [[Tales from the Floating Vagabond]]
 
* TF2V - [[Tales from the Floating Vagabond]]
 
* THS - [[Transhuman Space]]
 
* THS - [[Transhuman Space]]
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* TSOY - [[The Shadow of Yesterday]]
 
* TSOY - [[The Shadow of Yesterday]]
 
* Tw2k - [[Twilight 2000]]
 
* Tw2k - [[Twilight 2000]]
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* TWERPS - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWERPS The World's Easiest Role-Playing System] (official acronym)
  
 
== U ==
 
== U ==
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* V&V - [[Villains and Vigilantes]]
 
* V&V - [[Villains and Vigilantes]]
 
* VAV or VA:V - [[Victorian Age: Vampire]]
 
* VAV or VA:V - [[Victorian Age: Vampire]]
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* VGtM - Volo's Guide to Monsters, D&D 5E
 
* VTDA or V:TDA - [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
 
* VTDA or V:TDA - [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
 
* VTM or V:TM - [[Vampire: The Masquerade]]
 
* VTM or V:TM - [[Vampire: The Masquerade]]
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== X ==
 
== X ==
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* XGE -  Xanathar's Guide To Everything, D&D 5E
  
 
== Y ==
 
== Y ==
  
 
== Z ==
 
== Z ==
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ZoZ - [[The Zorcerer of Zo]]
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* ZoZ - [[The Zorcerer of Zo]]

Latest revision as of 06:58, 25 October 2020


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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