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'.

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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

AU - Arcana unearthed

B

BD&D - Basic Dungeons and Dragons

BESM - Big Eyes Small Mouth

BP - Blue planet

BR - Blue rose

C

C&C - Castles and crusades

COC - Call of Cthulhu

CT - Classic Traveller

CTD - Changeling: The dreaming

D

D&D - Dungeons and dragons

DND - Dungeons and Dragons

DITV - Dogs in the vinyard

DG - Delta green

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

DTF - Demon: The forsaken

E

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

FS - Feng shui or Fading suns

FR - Forgotten realms

G

GH - Greyhawk

GK - Gear krieg

GURPS - Generic, universal role-playing system

GT - GURPS Traveller

GW - Gamma world

H

HG - Heavy gear

HOL - Human occupied landfill

HQ - Heroquest

I

IC - Ironclaw

IK - Iron kingdoms

J

JC - Jovian Chronicles or Jadeclaw

K

KOTE - Kindred of the east

KPFS - Kill puppies for satan

L

L5R - Legend of the five rings

M

M&M - Mutants and masterminds

MA - Metamorphosis alpha

MERP - Middle-earth roleplaying

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

N

NWOD - New world of darkness.

O

OD&D - Original dungeons and dragons

OTE - Over the edge

OVA - Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game

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

S

SAS - Silver age sentinels

SB - Stormbringer

SLA - SLA industries

SR - Shadowrun

SW - Savage worlds or Star wars

T

T&T - Tunnels and trolls

T20 - Traveller20

T4 - Marc Miller's Traveller

T5 - Upcoming 5th Edition of Traveller

T8 - Tribe 8

TINS - There is no spoon

TMNT - Teenage mutant ninja turtles and other weirdness

TNE - Traveller: The New Era

TROS - The riddle of steel

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

WFRP - Warhammer fantasy roleplaying

WHFRP - Warhammer fantasy roleplaying

WOD - Word of Darkness

WOTG - Weapons of the Gods

WTA - Werewolf: The Apocalypse

WTF - Werewolf: The Forsaken

WTO - Wraith: The Oblivion