I've just a light post today. Something you might find useful, as you flit about the internet to this place or that. You see, I'm on Twitter a lot, and also peruse various blogs. At times, (and this is especially true for Twitter), the lack of room makes people likely to shorten the names of things by using acronyms. This is awesome, but if you don't necessarily know what a thread is about, a random acronym might throw you off.
In order to help with that situation, I've cobbled together a short list of acronyms I've been seeing a lot of on Twitter. The ones listed below are RPG (see, another acronym) related only. I've left out common texting acronyms (like LOL or STFU), as plenty of lists exist elsewhere on the internet to help you with those.
Before you say anything, I'm sure with some careful searching, you could find some RPG related acronym lists as well. This post is one to help my readers and followers should they need it.
| Acronym | What It Means |
AD&D | Advanced Dungeons & Dragons |
| BSG | Battle Star Galactica |
| CCG | Collectible Card Game |
| D&D | Dungeons And Dragons |
| D6SW | Star Wars West End Games Edition |
| DARPG | Dragon Age Role Playing Game |
| DDI | Dungeons & Dragons Insider |
| DF | Dwarven Forge |
| DFRPG | Dresden Files Role Playing Game |
| DL | Dragonlance |
| DMG | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| DND | Dungeons And Dragons |
| DND4E | Dungeons And Dragons 4th Edition |
| DS | Dark Sun |
| FLGS | Friendly Local Gaming Store |
| FotR | Fellowship of the Ring |
| GW | Gamma World |
| HA | Hirst Arts |
| HotFK | Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms |
| HotFL | Heroes of the Fallen Lands |
| HP | Hit Points (Also could be Harry Potter) |
| LFR | Living Forgotten Realms |
| Lot5R | Legend of the Five Rings |
| LotR | Lord of the Rings |
| M&M | Mutants And Masterminds |
| MMO | Massively Multiplayer Online (Game) |
| MMORPG | Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game |
| MtG | Magic the Gathering (Card Game) |
| OBSG | Original Battle Star Galactica |
| OD&D | Original Dungeons & Dragons |
| PH | Player's Handbook |
| RotK | Return of the King |
| RPG | Role Playing Game |
| RSE | Revised 2nd Edition d20 Star Wars |
| SF | Star Frontiers |
| SJG | Steve Jackson Games |
| SWSE | Star Wars Saga Edition |
| VT | Virtual Table |
| WeG | West End Games |
| WH40K | Warhammer 40,000 |
| WHFB | Warhammer Fantasy Battle |
| WHFRPG | Warhammer Fantasy Role Playing Game |
| WotC | Wizards of the Coast |
| WW | White Wolf |
| XP | Experience Points |
Well, that's the list folks. It is (I'm sure) no means complete. Feel free to add to it in the comments below.
Until next time....
Game excellently with one another.
"Lot5R Legend of the Five Rings"
ReplyDeleteFor this one I see L5R more than anything else.
Here are some more that I've encountered, off the top of my head.
3e/3.x 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons
4e 4th Edition D&D
2e 2nd Edition AD&D
DCA DC Adventures
PFRPG Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, although I have seen this one use for the Palladium Fantasy Roleplaying game as well. I do think the the most common use is for Pathfinder. At this point I think most people just refer to Palladiums game as Palladium Fantasy.
HEX Hollow Earth Expedition
Old school gaming is rife with acronyms!
ReplyDeleteOSR - Old School Renaissance
OSRIC - Old School Reference and Index Compilation
LL - Labyrinth Lord
LotFP - Lamentations of the Flame Princess
GDQ - Giants, Drow, Queen (a set of AD&D modules)
S&W - Swords & Wizardry
These are just the ones that I remember sending me off to Google when I first started reading old-school blogs.
And if you're going to talk about retro-clones or third-party publishing, a lot of licensing terms come up quite often:
OGL - Open Game License
GSL - Game System License
SRD - System Reference Document
@Geek Gazette, @Stacy: Ouu! Those are all good additions to the list. I'll have to update the master list and re-post it soon. Thankee!
ReplyDeleteGW = Games Workshop more than anything else, especially in the UK.
ReplyDeleteWFRP = Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, which was how the series was originally titled.
FF = Fighting Fantasy
AFF = Advanced Fighting Fantasy (Yes, people still play these!)