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'.

#

3.5 - Edition 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons

3E - 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons

7S - Seventh sea

A

AD&D - Advanced dungeons and dragons

ADRPG - Amber diceless rpg

AFMBE - All Flesh Must Be Eaten

AM - 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 - Dungeons and Dragons

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

DND - Dungeons and Dragons (usually refers to edition 3.0 or 3.5)

DITV - Dogs in the vinyard

DG - Delta Green

DMG - Dungeon master's guide. Usually in reference to Dungeons and dragons.

DTF - Demon: The Fallen

E

ED - Earthdawn

EPT - Empire of the petal throne

ETA - Exalted: The abyssals or Exalted: The autocthonians

ETFF - Exalted: The fair folk

ETL - Exalted: The lunars

ETS - Exalted: The sidereals

F

FB - Fireborn

FF - Forgotten Futures

FS - Feng Shui or Fading Suns

FR - Forgotten Realms

FATE - Fantastic adventures in tabletop entertainment (official acronym)

FUDGE - Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine (official acronym)

G

GB - 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

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

MT - MegaTraveller

MTA - Mage: The ascension or 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.

R

RA - Random anime

RC - Rules Cyclopedia. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.

RQ - Runequest

RW - Ringworld

S

SAS - Silver age sentinels

SB - Stormbringer

SC - StarCluster

SLA - SLA industries

SoJ - Skyrealms of Jorune or Secrets of Japan (Call of Cthulhu supplement)

SR - Shadowrun

SW - Savage Worlds or Star Wars or Superworld

T

T&T - Tunnels and trolls

T20 - Traveller20

T4 - Marc Miller's Traveller

T5 - Upcoming 5th Edition of Traveller

T8 - Tribe 8

THS - Transhuman space

TINS - There is no spoon

TMNT - Teenage mutant ninja turtles and other weirdness

TNE - Traveller: The New Era

TROS - The riddle of steel

TS - Transhuman space or The Terran Story

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 - Word of Darkness

WOTG - Weapons of the Gods

WoW - Worlds of Wonder

WTA - Werewolf: The Apocalypse

WTF - Werewolf: The Forsaken

WTO - Wraith: The Oblivion