Games:Glossary
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General glossary
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- ARG
- Alternative Reality Game
- CCG
- Collectible Card Game
- CDG
- Card Driven Game; Collective Dice Game
- CRT
- Combat Result Table
- DM
- Dungeon Master
- DRM
- Dice Roll Modifier
- EZoC
- Enemy Zone of Control
- F2F
- Face to Face
- FLGS
- Friendly Local Game Store
- FPS
- First Person Shooter
- GG
- GeekGold (BGG)
- GotW
- Geek of the Week (BGG)
- GM
- Gamesmaster
- LARP
- Live Action Role-Play
- LCG
- Living Card Game
- LRP
- Live Action Role-Play
- MMORPG
- Massively Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy
- MMORTS
- Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
- MUD
- Multi-User Dungeon
- OLGS
- Online Game Store
- OOP
- Out of Print
- OOS
- Out of Supply
- PBEM
- Play by e-Mail
- PBM
- Play by Mail
- PK
- Player Killing
- PvP
- Player versus Player
- RP
- Role-Playing
- RPG
- Role-Playing Game
- RTS
- Real-Time Strategy
- ST
- Storyteller
- TCG
- Trading Card Game
- TEC
- Terrain Effect Chart
- UT
- Ultimate Trades
- WotW
- Wolf of the Week (BGG)
- ZoC
- Zone of Control
Stats
- APP
- Appearance
- CHA
- Charisma
- CON
- Constitution
- CS
- Character Skill (LT)
- DEX
- Dexterity
- HP
- Hit Point
- INT
- Intelligence
- MAN
- Manipulation
- OS
- Occupational Skill (LT)
- OSP
- Occupational Skill Point (LT)
- STA
- Stamina
- STR
- Strength
- VP
- Victory Point
- WIS
- Wisdom
- WIT
- Wits
- XP
- Experience Point
Dice
- D4
- 4-sided die
- D6
- 6-sided die
- D8
- 8-sided die
- D10
- 10-sided die
- D12
- 12-sided die
- D20
- 20-sided die
Specific terms
Game publishers
- 3M
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
- ADG
- Australian Design Group
- AH
- Avalon Hill
- AP
- Avalanche Press
- COA
- Clash of Arms Games
- DoW
- Days of Wonder
- DT
- Discovery Toys
- FASA
- Fanta Simulations Associates
- FBI
- Flying Buffalo Inc.
- FFG
- Fantasy Flight Games
- GDW
- Game Designers Workshop
- GRD
- Games Research/Design (GR/D)
- GRI
- Games Research Inc.
- GW
- Games Workshop
- Hasbro
- Hassenfeld Brothers
- HiG
- Hans im Glück
- I.C.E.
- Iron Crown Enterprises
- LT
- Lorien Trust
- MB
- Milton Bradley
- MFG
- Mayfair Games
- MMP
- Multi-Man Publishing
- OSG
- Operational Studies Group
- PB
- Parker Brothers
- QWG
- Quined White Goblin Games
- RGG
- Rio Grande Games
- S
- Selchow & Righter
- SAG
- Smartass Games
- SJG
- Steve Jackson Games
- SPI
- Simulations Publications Inc.
- SSI
- Strategic Simulations Inc.
- TAHGC
- The Avalon Hill Game Company
- TSR
- Tactical Studies Rules
- VG
- Victory Games
- VGI
- Valley Games, Inc.
- WGG
- White Goblin Games
- WotC
- Wizards of the Coast
- WW
- White Wolf
Game titles
- 1kBWC
- 1000 Blank White Cards
- 18xx
- Any railway game based on the Robber Barons game system
- 3DOG
- Great Battles of the American Civil War: Three Days of Gettysburg
- 3DoG
- Great Battles of the American Civil War: Three Days of Gettysburg
- A
- Axis & Allies
- AD
- Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
- AGoT
- A Game of Thrones
- AoM
- Age of Mythology
- AoN
- Age of Napoleon
- AoS
- Age of Steam
- ASL
- Advanced Squad Leader
- AVL
- A Victory Lost
- B2B
- World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin
- BaHotH
- Betrayal at House on the Hill
- C
- Command and Conquer; Caesar & Cleopatra; Commands & Colors
- C
- A:Commands & Colors: Ancients
- C
- The Cities & Knights of Catan
- Carc
- Carcassonne
- CC
- Combat Commander: Europe
- CC
- E:Combat Commander: Europe
- CE
- Cosmic Encounter
- Civ
- Civilization
- CotE
- Conquest of the Empire
- CtD
- Changeling: the Dreaming
- D
- Dungeons and Dragons
- DBA
- De Bellis Antiquitatis
- DBM
- De Bellis Multitudinis
- E
- Tigris & Euphrates - originally published as Euphrat und Tigris
- EE
- Europe Engulfed
- EF
- EastFront
- FF
- Fighting Fantasy
- FoW
- Flames of War
- FTP
- For the People
- GBACW
- Great Battles of the American Civil War
- GBoH
- Great Battles of History
- H
- Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers
- HotS
- Hammer of the Scots
- HotW
- History of the World
- HSI
- Die Siedler von Catan - Historische Szenarien
- HSII
- Die Siedler von Catan - Historische Szenarien II
- KAOS
- Killing as an Organised Sport
- KaoS
- Killing as an Organised Sport
- KuK
- Web of Power (Kardinal und König)
- LnL
- Lock 'n Load: Forgotten Heroes Vietnam
- LotR
- Lord of the Rings
- LotR
- C:Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
- LW
- Lone Wolf
- M44
- Memoir '44
- MECCG
- Middle-Earth CCG
- MOW
- Man O' War
- MtA
- Mage: the Ascension
- MtG
- Magic: The Gathering CCG
- OUaT
- Once Upon a Time
- PG
- Power Grid
- PoF
- The Princes of Florence
- PoG
- Paths of Glory
- PR
- Puerto Rico
- RB
- Russia Besieged
- RE
- Reef Encounter
- RitD
- Rommel in the Desert
- RotH
- Return of the Heroes
- RRT
- Railroad Tycoon
- RT
- Railroad Tycoon
- S
- Strategy & Tactics wargaming magazine
- SF
- Catan: Seafarers
- SOA
- Storm Over Arnhem
- SoC
- The Settlers of Catan
- SOC
- Shadows over Camelot
- SoE
- Struggle of Empires
- SoS
- Streets of Stalingrad
- SPANC
- Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls
- T
- Tigris & Euphrates
- T
- Thurn and Taxis
- T2R
- Ticket to Ride
- T2R
- E:Ticket to Ride: Europe
- TI3
- Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition
- ToG
- The Traders of Genoa
- TRC
- The Russian Campaign
- TtD
- Through the Desert
- TTR
- Ticket to Ride
- TtR
- Ticket to Ride
- TtR
- E:Ticket to Ride: Europe
- TuT
- Thurn und Taxis
- UP
- Union Pacific
- VMBB
- Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
- VtES
- Vampire: the Eternal Struggle
- VtM
- Vampire: the Masquerade
- WH40k
- Warhammer 40,000
- WHFB
- Warhammer Fantasy Battle
- WotR
- War of the Ring
- WoW
- World of Warcraft; Wings of War
- WtA
- Werewolf: the Apocalypse
- WtO
- Wraith: the Oblivion
- WW
- Werewolf
- WWM
- War Without Mercy
Other
- BGG
- BoardGameGeek
- BPA
- Boardgame Players Association
- BSW
- Brettspielwelt
- OotS
- Order of the Stick
- RGB
- Rec.Games.Board
- RPG
- Role-Playing Game Association
- SBW
- Spiel by Web
- WBC
- World Boardgaming Championships
