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wrote: I’m quite of a newbie in wargaming world...So what do You think? Will You help new people to feel more comfortable in wargaming world?
I think this should have been created by the forum moderator but good on you for taking it on.
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Tom Willcockson
United States
Woodstock
Illinois
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COWTRA: Concentrate on what the rules allow. You'll find this over on the ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) Consim ( www.consimworld.com) site.
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John Kovacs
United States
Elyria
Ohio
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I would add the following game companies:
GDW: Game Designer's Workshop (out of business)
TFG: Task Force Games (out of business; see ADB)
ADB: Amarillo Design Bureau (publisher of Star Fleet Battles)
TAHGC: The Avalon Hill Game Company (a more elaborate acronym for Avalon Hill)
AH/SI: Avalon Hill/Sports Illustrated (sports games published by Avalon Hill)
VG: Victory Games - a subsidiary publisher of Avalon Hill staffed mainly by ex-SPI designers
TSR: Tactical Studies Rules - original publisher of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) that first bailed out SPI and then sold them down the river
3W: World Wide Wargames - another OOP publisher that did the S&T magazines for awhile
DG: Decision Games - active publisher with rights to some of the old SPI titles
BL: Battleline - another OOP company. Avalon Hill reprinted a lot of their games (Air Force/Dauntless, Submarine).
PNP: Print 'n' Play - games that you print or build yourself from existing files
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M@tthijs
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
Earn tons of geekgold:...
...go to VGG and add videogames to the database
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L4D2 wrote: And another we oftne see: FLGS = Frienldy Local Game Store I thought: Favorite, but comes down to the same.
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Pedro González
Spain
Alcalá de Guadaíra
Sevilla
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CDG or CDW: Card Driven Game or Card Driven Wargame
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Ron Glass
United States
Tampa
Florida
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These are great and thanks for listing the many that those of us who have played for years take for granted. Good thread.
I also like the many actual military inspired ones that are not so "official", the favorite of most being:
FUBAR - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Recognition (fouled has other common substitution words) .
There are sites with many of these listed, and I actually have a book my dad had from Korea that is the GIs unofficial guide to military terms. Its hilarious.
Ron
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Ron Glass
United States
Tampa
Florida
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Warren Bruhn wrote:
Only topped by the ever useful OOPS - means a mistake
Ron
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ER Bickford
United States
Auburn
Maine
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A few from The Gamers brand
OCS: Operational Combat Series
SCS: STandard Combat Series
CWBS: Civil War Brigade Series
TCS: Tactical Combat Series
RSS: Regimental Sub Series
NBS: Napoleonic Battles Series
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L4D2 wrote: And another we oftne see: FLGS = Frienldy Local Game Store
Lowell, that was VERY nice of You to explain that. When I first met this term I though it's some kind of next Englishmen society like YMCA  After some time and finding this in different contexts I know what "LGS" means but till today I didn't figure out what "F" stands for. Thanks for that enlightenment 
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Darksan wrote: VPs = Victory Points
SITREP = Situation Report (kind of like an AAR)
TDY = Temporary Duty (I've been TDY a few times)
TO&E = Table of Organization & Equipment (Similar to OOB but includes the equipment)
Some other terms you may have seen.
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
BTW = By The Way
DIY = Do It Yourself
FWIW = For What It's Worth
HAND = Have A Nice Day
IIRC = If I Remember [or Recall] Correctly
IMO = In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble [or Honest] Opinion
IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
ISTM = It Seems To Me
JMO = Just My Opinion
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
OTOH = On The Other Hand
PITA = Pain In The Ass
POV = Point Of View
ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLOL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTF = Read the FAQ
RTFM = Read The F***ing Manual
SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
WRT = With Regard To
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
All of these are taken from a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file on a Yahoo Group of mine.
Skip, thanks for Your effort but those chat slang is quite easy to find through Google or Wikipedia. Finding wargaming therms is much harder.
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Edmund Hon
Canada
Markham
Ontario
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A few more game company acronyms:
CoA - Clash of Arms games, known for games with beautiful components using hand-drawn style graphics. The current publisher of the La Bataille series of Napoleonic tactical games, the Harpoon series of modern naval battle games, and Command at Sea series of naval miniatures rules covering the first half of 20th Century.
OSG - Operational Studies Group, known for specializing exclusively with wargames covering only the Napoleonic era.
MMP - Multiman Publishing, current publisher of all main ASL products, and all titles formerly published by The Gamers. Founded by retired professional baseball pitcher Curt Schilling.
Also, some games uses the term Zone Of Influence (ZOI) instead of Zone Of Control, although both are essentially the same thing.
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Jonas Jacobsson
Sweden
Upplands Vasby
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I would suggest you put the list on an BGG wiki page.
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Bill Wood
United States
Eden
North Carolina
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TEC = Terrain Effects Chart (or Card)
OP = Operation Points - various games use these.
Not to be confused with
OPS - Operations said as "ops". A military slangy term used by many wargamers.
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Steve Constantelos
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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M&P = Musket & Pike series from Ben Hull & GMT
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Dave Long
United States
Greensboro
North Carolina
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Game Abbreviations
WiF - World in Flames
ASL - Advanced Squad Leader
SL - Squad Leader
ASLSK - ASL Starter Kit
WS&IM - Wooden Ships and Iron Men
WaS - War at Sea
VITP - Victory in the Pacific
GBII- Guderian's Blitzkrieg II (Older Brother of Case Blue)
TSS - Terrible Swift Sword
Game Companies
MMP - MultiMan Publishing (ASL and OCS publisher)
AVP - Avalanche Press
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Alan Kaiser
United States
Aurora
Colorado
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Word of advise to the OP . . . . . don't buy any of the ASL starter kits!
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jonjac wrote: I would suggest you put the list on an BGG wiki page.
I think it's great idea. I tried to find out how to create one, but I cannot. I wrote to admin - mkgray - who seems to be responsible for wiki pages and we'll see what he will answer. But anyway wiki search engine still doesn't work - sadly.
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Sam H
Canada
Montreal
Québec
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Some acronyms for games that come up frequently:
PoG: Paths of Glory
ToC: Triumph of Chaos
PuG: Pursuit of Glory
GBoH: Great Battles of History
sGBoH: Simple Great Battles of History
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Roger Hobden
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
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SNAFU : situation normal all fouled up
TARFU: things are really fouled up
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Roger Hobden
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
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DNFTT : do not feed the troll
The wargame sub forum is all about HISTORICAL wargames, so space marines, wizards and especially trolls are NOT invited. 
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Mallet wrote: DNFTT : do not feed the troll The wargame sub forum is all about HISTORICAL wargames, so space marines, wizards and especially trolls are NOT invited.
Hmm... and I though that space marines are actually fit good (Space Infantry), because this is WARgame forum - so about conflict - not necessary about history. But what do I know? I'm just a newbie...
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mrs_z wrote: Hmm... and I though that space marines are actually fit good ( Space Infantry), because this is WARgame forum - so about conflict - not necessary about history. But what do I know? I'm just a newbie...
The battle over what defines a wargame is worth of a wargame itself. Frankly, I take the position that history is just flavour text and a good source of inspiration. Other would consider a Trivial Pursuit with WW2 questions a wargame as long as the player tokens had historically correct uniforms. Frankly, if it feels like a wargame feel free to post here. I don't think a single Memoir '44 thread has every been booted out of this forum.
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Alfred Wallace
United States
State College
Pennsylvania
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AngryStarAnarchy wrote: mrs_z wrote: Hmm... and I though that space marines are actually fit good ( Space Infantry), because this is WARgame forum - so about conflict - not necessary about history. But what do I know? I'm just a newbie... The battle over what defines a wargame is worth of a wargame itself. Frankly, I take the position that history is just flavour text and a good source of inspiration. Other would consider a Trivial Pursuit with WW2 questions a wargame as long as the player tokens had historically correct uniforms. Frankly, if it feels like a wargame feel free to post here. I don't think a single Memoir '44 thread has every been booted out of this forum.
This might not be the place/time to even risk opening this particular Pandora's Box.
Obscure military acronyms: My dissertation is largely about a JANFU (Joint Army-Navy Foul-Up).
One we start listing acronyms for all the games--PoG, WW, etc--we might never stop...almost every game goes just by its initials, or so it seems.
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alfredhw wrote: This might not be the place/time to even risk opening this particular Pandora's Box.
Just trying to be welcoming, but perhaps that'd've been better served by a PM.
Quote: One we start listing acronyms for all the games--PoG, WW, etc--we might never stop...almost every game goes just by its initials, or so it seems.
While that is true, some games are so important that you need to know about them just to follow a thread. I mean knowing that M'44 is Memoir '44 is like is essential to understanding any thread about what is or is not a war game since it comes up as a case/example all the time. Also, you need to know how chrome and complex ASL is, or how long WiF and OCS games are. Some games are just cultural reference points that are essential for conversation.
Perhaps ATS is much better than ASL, but that is irrelevant to the fact that you need to know what ASL is, but ATS not so much.
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