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List of Acronyms used in Boardgamecafe.net

Last post 11-30-2007, 1:20 AM by dave. 2 replies.
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  •  11-28-2007, 11:41 PM 13975

    Star [*] List of Acronyms used in Boardgamecafe.net

    A brilliant idea mooted by dave. Pls post whatever acronyms that we used in this forum as a reply to this thread. I'll collate & categorize them and update to the 1st post for easier reference.

    18xx

    ASL

    • ASL - advance squad leader
    • DRM - dice roll modifier

    Euro Games

    • BGC - Boardgamecafe.net (this site)
    • BGG - Boardgamegeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)
    • ShoC - Shadows over Camelot
    • SOC - Settlers of Catan
    • TI3 - Twilight Imperium 3
    • VP - Victory points

    Game Group related

    • CC - Comics Corner
    • GC - Games Circle
    • OTK - Old Town Kopitiam, notably their Cheras outlet where BGC holds meetup there every Fri evening
    • R1 - Round 1 of OTK Fri Meetup, usually from 8pm till 1.30am (when OTK closes)
    • R2 - Round 2 of OTK Fri Meetup, usually from 2am till 6am (at BGC centre)
    • WGS - Wolf Gameshop

    Wargames

    • AVL - A Victory Lost
    • DBA - De Bellis Antiquitatis, Rules for ancient warfare using miniatures
    • FoW - Flame of War
    • M44 - Memoir '44
    • PoG - Paths of Glory
    • SS - Shifting Sands
    • TMP - The Miniatures Page (www.theminiaturespage.com)
    • W40K - Warhammer 40k

    Miscellaneous

    • 2er - 2-player (or 3er for 3-player etc)
    • aka - also known as
    • AP - Analysis Paralysis
    • ASH - Available, single and hot
    • batrep - battle report 
    • FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
    • FHM - Fun & Happening Moms 
    • IMHO - In My Honest Opinion
    • IRL - In Real Life
    • LIFO - Last In First Out (usu. refers to the Starcraft game)
    • NATO - No Action, Talk Only 
    • WTF - World Trade Federation a.k.a. What the F**k
    • XD - wolfx trying to appear smiling but not actually smiling Big Smile [:D]


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  •  11-29-2007, 1:28 AM 13977 in reply to 13975

    Re: List of Acronyms used in Boardgamecafe.net

    That was fast..... Surprise [:O]

    My contribution :-

    1) AP - Analysis Paralysis

    2) DBA - De Bellis Antiquitatis, Rules for ancient warfare using miniatures.

    3) Batrep - battle report

    4) TMP - The Miniatures Page (www.theminiaturespage.com)

    5) SS - Shifting Sands

    6) PoG - Paths of Glory

  •  11-30-2007, 1:20 AM 13995 in reply to 13977

    Re: List of Acronyms used in Boardgamecafe.net

    More wargaming terminology....

    1) OOB - Order of Battle

    2) TO&E - Tables of Organisation & Equipment

    3) IABSM - I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! - WW2 scenario based wargames rules by Too Fat Lardies

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