From: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters)
Subject: META:  Game Abbreviation List
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:33:22 GMT


Using the abbreviation system in your posts:

Please use the gaming system name when possible in your posts.  When this is 
not possible, please use one of the suggested abbreviations from the list.
Doing this will increase the usefulness of a KILL file, and let readers without
KILLfiles to determine the message system from the subject line.

When using an abbreviation, please place a COLON (:) after the system 
abbreviation.  This makes killfiles more efficient, so a user can request
to kill "SR:" and won't kill entries such as "TSR."

This list was compiled from submissions to my request on the net.  
For more information on Killfiles, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).


Begin List -------------------------------------------
Abbreviation	System Name
**USA Games
2020		Cyberpunk 2000 (see CP)
AD&D, ADnD	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, either edition
AD&D1, ADnD1	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, First Edition
AD&D2,ADnD2	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Second Edition
AM		Ars Magica
AQ		Adventure Quest
BH		Boot Hill
BOND, 007	James Bond, 007
BS		Blade Storm
Btek,Btech	Battletech
C&S,CnS		Chivalry and Sorcery
CHAMP		Champions
CoC		Call of Cthulu
CP		Cyberpunk (see also 2020)
CS		Cyberspace
D&D,DnD		Dungeons and Dragons
DC(H)		DC Heroes
DI		Danger International
DQ		Dragon Quest
DRWHO		Doctor Who, the Role Playing Game
ENG		En Garde
FB		Flashing Blades
FH		Fantasy Hero
GBI		Ghostbusters International
GHOST		Ghostbusters
GL		GameLords
GURPS		Generic Universal Role Playing System (may need modifiers
                for subsystems, such as GURPS: Wild Cards)
GW		Gamma World
JI		Justice International
MECH		Mechwarrior
MEK		Mekton
MEK2		Mekton 2
MERP		Middle Earth Role Playing
MOR		Morrow Project
MSH		Marvel Super Heroes
MSPE		Mecenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes
Mtrav		MegaTraveller
NL		Nightlife
P&G, PnG	Privateers and Gentlemen
P&P, PnP	Powers and Perils
PAL		Palladium
PARA		Paranoia
RM		Rolemaster
RQ		Rune Quest
SB		Stormbringer
SFB		Star Fleet Battles
SM		Spacemaster
SR		Shadowrun
SW		Shadow World
T&T,TnT		Tunnels and Trolls
TFOS		Teenagers from Outer Space
TL		Time Lords
TM		Timemaster
TMNT		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other Strangeness
TOPSEC		Top Secret
TRAV		Traveller
TREK		Star Trek, the Role Playing Game
TS/SI		Top Secret/S.I.
Tw2k, T2000	Twilight 2000
V&V,VnV		Villans and Vigilantes
VAMP		Vampyre**
WHFRP		WarHammer Fantasy Role Playing
YSG		Ysgarth

** Non-USA games

2 mentioned as being popular in Germany:
AIM		Adventure in Magira
MID		Midgard

A handful of French games:
BIT		Bitume
E&D, ED		Empire et Dynasties
HM		Heavy Metal
HUR		Hurlement
LEGC		Legendes Celtiques
MEGA		Messager Galactiques
RDD		Reves de Dragon
SIM		Simulacre
TRAU		Trauma
UE		Ultime Epreuve

Any additions (especially about games from sources outside the U.S.) or 
suggestions to change the abbreviations are welcome.  EMAIL them to 
cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

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