Game Abbreviations

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

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(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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