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Game Abbreviations

This is a list of game abbreviations. For other terms and abbreviations see also:

(Note: WBC is an acronym for World Boardgaming Championships)

18xx
Any railway game based on the 1829/1830: Railways & Robber Barons game system, usually named 18xx, such as 1829, 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, 1835, 1870, 1856, 18EU and 18Scan. For more information see 18xx series
776
1776 (at WBC)
812
War of 1812 (at WBC)
8XX
1830: Railways & Robber Barons (at WBC)
3DoG
Great Battles of the American Civil War: Three Days of Gettysburg

A&A
Axis & Allies and related games/expansions/editions
ABN
Air Baron (at WBC)
ACQ
Acquire (at WBC)
ACS
Atlantic Storm (at WBC)
ACV
Advanced Civilization (at WBC)
ADV
Adel Verpflichtet (Hoity Toity) (at WBC)
AFK
Afrika Korps (at WBC)
AGoT
A Game of Thrones
ALH
Alhambra (at WBC)
AMR
Amun-Re (at WBC)
ANZ
Anzio (at WBC)
AOA
Ace of Aces: Handy Rotary Series (at WBC)
AoM
Age of Mythology: The Boardgame
AoN
Age of Napoleon
AOR
Age of Renaissance (at WBC)
AoS
Age of Steam
ASK
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1 (at WBC)
ASL
Advanced Squad Leader
ATK
Attika (at WBC)
ATS
Attack Sub (at WBC)
AUC
Auction (High-Bid) (at WBC)
AVL
A Victory Lost

B17
B-17: Queen of the Skies (at WBC)
B2B
World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin
B81
Battle of the Bulge (at WBC)
BAHOTH
Betrayal at House on the Hill
BAT
Battle Line (at WBC)
BBS
Brawling Battleships (at WBC)
BCY
Battle Cry (at WBC)
BGotW
Arkham Horror: The Black Goat of the Woods (2007)
BGP
Battlegroup (at WBC)
BKN
Breakout: Normandy (at WBC)
BRI
Britannia (at WBC)
BSG
Battlestar Galactica
BWD
Bitter Woods (at WBC)

C&C
Caesar & Cleopatra, Also used as an overall abbreviation for Richard Borg's Commands & Colors Series: Battle Cry, Memoir '44, Commands & Colors: Ancients, BattleLore
C&C:A
Commands & Colors: Ancients
C&K
The Cities & Knights of Catan - an expansion for The Settlers of Catan
CAR
Carcassonne (at WBC)
Carc
Carcassonne
CC or CC:E
Combat Commander: Europe
CCA
Commands & Colors: Ancients (at WBC)
CE
Cosmic Encounter
CFC
Clash for a Continent: Battles of the American Revolution and French & Indian War (at WBC)
Civ
Civilization
CKL
Crokinole (at WBC)
CMS
Circus Maximus (at WBC)
CNS
Can't Stop (at WBC)
CotDP
Arkham Horror: Curse of the Dark Pharaoh Expansion (2006)
CotE
Both Conquest of the Empire (1984) and Conquest of the Empire (2005)
CSA
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects (at WBC)
CYL
Caylus (at WBC)

DBA
De Bellis Antiquitatis
DBM
De Bellis Multitudinis
DIF
Down in Flames (Rise of the Luftwaffe) (at WBC)
DIM
Die Macher (at WBC)
DIP
Diplomacy (at WBC)
DUN
Dune (at WBC)

E&T
Tigris & Euphrates - originally published as Euphrat und Tigris
EE
Europe Engulfed
EF
EastFront
EIS
Enemy in Sight (at WBC)
ELC
Elk Fest (at WBC)
ELG
El Grande (at WBC)
EOS
Empire of the Sun (at WBC)
EPB
Empire Builder (at WBC)

FBS
Football Strategy (at WBC)
FDE
Formula Dé (at WBC)
FI5
Facts in Five (at WBC)
FIS
Fire in the Sky: The Great Pacific War 1941-1945 (at WBC)
FMR
Formula Motor Racing (at WBC)
FSE
Fortress Europa (at WBC)
FTP
For the People

GBACW
Any of the Great Battles of the American Civil War game series.
GBG
Gettysburg: 125th Anniversary Edition (at WBC)
GBoH
Any of the Great Battles of History games or modules.
GCA
Great Campaigns of the American Civil War, a series of games including Here Come the Rebels (at WBC)
GOA
Goa (at WBC)
GRD
Greed (at WBC)
GSR
Gangsters (at WBC)
GXY
Galaxy: The Dark Ages (at WBC)

H&G
Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers
HAC
Hacienda (at WBC)
HIS
Here I Stand (at WBC)
HOS
Hammer of the Scots (at WBC)
HotS
Hammer of the Scots
HotW
History of the World
HRC
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage (at WBC)
HSI
Die Siedler von Catan: Historische Szenarien
HSII
Die Siedler von Catan: Historische Szenarien II
HWD
History of the World (at WBC)

ITYOTD
In the Year of the Dragon
IVH
Ivanhoe (at WBC)


KGM
Kingmaker (at WBC)
KiY
Arkham Horror: The King in Yellow Expansion (2008)
KRM
Kremlin (at WBC)
KuK
Web of Power originally published as Kardinal und König

L14
Louis XIV (at WBC)
LIB
Liberty: The American Revolution 1775-83 (at WBC)
LID
Liar's Dice (at WBC)
LnL
Lock 'N Load: Forgotten Heroes; Vietnam and associated expansions
LotR
Lord of the Rings - although the term can be applied to any and all Lord of the Rings games
LotR:C
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation and Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition)
LST
Lost Cities (at WBC)

M44
Memoir '44
MECCG
Middle-Earth
MED
Medici (at WBC)
MFD
Manifest Destiny (at WBC)
MGM
Monty's Gamble: Market Garden (at WBC)
MMS
March Madness (at WBC)
MOA
Mystery of the Abbey (at WBC)
MOV
Merchant of Venus (at WBC)
MOW
Man O' War
MRA
Monsters Ravage America (at WBC)
MtG
Magic: The Gathering

NAP
Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (at WBC)
NVW
Naval War (at WBC)
NW2
The Napoleonic Wars (at WBC)
NW5
The Napoleonic Wars (at WBC)

OLM
Oltre Mare (at WBC)

PDT
Paydirt (at WBC)
PG
Power Grid
PGD
Power Grid (at WBC)
PGF
Pro Golf (at WBC)
PGG
Panzergruppe Guderian (at WBC)
PoF
The Princes of Florence
POF
The Princes of Florence (at WBC)
PoG
Paths of Glory
POG
Paths of Glory (at WBC)
PR
Puerto Rico
PRC
Pirate's Cove (at WBC)
PRO
Puerto Rico (at WBC)
PRS
Princess Ryan's Star Marines (at WBC)
PZB
PanzerBlitz (at WBC)

QGB
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit (at WBC)

RA!
Ra (at WBC)
RB
Russia Besieged
RBN
Rail Baron (at WBC)
RBS
Russia Besieged (at WBC)
RE
Reef Encounter
RftG
Race for the Galaxy
RitD
Rommel in the Desert
ROR
The Republic of Rome (at WBC)
RotH
Return of the Heroes
RRT
Railroad Tycoon
RRY
RoboRally (at WBC)
RSK
Risk (at WBC)
RT
Railroad Tycoon
RYT
Royal Turf or Winner's Circle (at WBC)

S&T
Strategy & Tactics wargaming magazine
SAR
Saratoga (at WBC)
SCC
Stock Car Championship Racing Card Game (at WBC)
SCT
Speed Circuit (at WBC)
SET
The Settlers of Catan (at WBC)
SF
Catan: Seafarers
SFR
Santa Fe Rails (at WBC)
SGP
Saint Petersburg (at WBC)
SJN
San Juan (at WBC)
SLS
Slapshot (at WBC)
SOA
Storm over Arnhem
SoC
The Settlers of Catan
SoC
Shadows over Camelot - more correctly SOC
SOC
Shadows over Camelot
SoE
Struggle of Empires
SOR
Sword of Rome (at WBC)
SoS
Streets of Stalingrad
SQL
Squad Leader (at WBC)
SSB
Sports Illustrated Baseball (at WBC)
STS
StreetSoccer (at WBC)
SUC
Successors (2nd Edition) (at WBC)
SW
Small World

T&E
Tigris & Euphrates
T&T
Thurn and Taxis
T2R
Ticket to Ride
T2R:E
Ticket to Ride: Europe
TAM
TransAmerica (at WBC)
THH
The Haunting House (at WBC)
TI3
Twilight Imperium (third edition)
TIM
Tigers in the Mist (at WBC)
TJM
Taj Mahal (at WBC)
TKL
Tikal (at WBC)
TOC
Triumph of Chaos (at WBC)
ToG
Genoa
TRC
The Russian Campaign or Russian Campaign II or The Russian Campaign (fourth edition)
TT2
Titan (at WBC)
TTA
Titan:the Arena or Colossal Arena (at WBC)
TtD
Through the Desert
TTN
Titan (at WBC)
TtR
Ticket to Ride
TTR
Ticket to Ride
TtR:E
Ticket to Ride: Europe
TuT
Thurn and Taxis (German title: Thurn und Taxis)
TWS
Twilight Struggle (at WBC)
TYX
Tyranno Ex (at WBC)

UNP
Union Pacific (at WBC)
UP
Union Pacific
UPF
Up Front (at WBC)

VIP
Victory in the Pacific (at WBC)
VMBB
Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
VNC
Vinci (at WBC)

W&W
Wits & Wagers (at WBC)
WAS
War at Sea (at WBC)
WBC
WBC is an acronym for World Boardgaming Championships
WAT
Waterloo (at WBC)
WAW
A World at War (at WBC)
WLL
Wellington (at WBC)
WNW
Wilderness War (at WBC)
WOP
Web of Power (at WBC)
WOR
War of the Ring (at WBC)
WotR
War of the Ring
WoW
Wings of War and associated expansions and extensions
WoW
World of Warcraft: The Boardgame
WoW:TBG
World of Warcraft: The Boardgame
WPS
Win, Place & Show (at WBC)
WRS
Wrasslin' (at WBC)
WSM
Wooden Ships & Iron Men (at WBC)
WTP
We the People (at WBC)
WW
Werewolf
WWM
War Without Mercy
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