WEB-GROGNARDS: ACRONYM KEY (v.1)

Board Game Companies

• ADB - Amarillo Design Bureau
• ADG - Australian Design Group
• AH - Avalon Hill
• ATO - Against the Odds, magazine
• AWE - Azure Wish Editions
• BSO - BSO (?) Berg's desktop publishing
• CG - Columbia Games
• CGI, Conflict Games International, out of business
• COA - Clash of Arms
• CoSi - Conflict Simulations
• DG - Decision Games
• FASA - FASA, out of business
• FFG - Fantasy Flight Games
• FGA - Fresno Gaming Association, out of business
• FGU - Fantasy Games Unlimited, out of business
• FMG - Fat Messiah Games
• GRD (G/RD) - Games Research Design
• GDW - Game Designers Workshop, out of business
• GMT - GMT
• GPG - Game Publications Group, out of business (see OSS)
• GW - Games Workshop
• HC - Historie et Collections
• HF - Howling Falcon Games
• ICE - Iron Crown Enterprises, out of business
• JPW - Just Plain Wargames, (see PacRim)
• MB - Milton Bradley, out of business (see Hasro)
• MDG - Microgame Design Group
• MiH - Moments in History, out of business (see Critical Hit)
• MMP - Multiman Publishing
• NES - New England Simulations, board game company
• OSG - Operational Studies Group, board game company
• OSS - One Small Step, out of business (see GPG)
• PacRim - Pacific Rim Publishing, board game company (see JPW)
• PWG - People's War Games, out of business board game company
• QED - ???, card games
• REK - ???, (Heroika)
• RFCM - ????, miniature game rules
• S&G - A Kerry Anderson game, publisher?
• SDC - Simulations Design Company, out of business
• SDI - SDI (?), out of business board game company
• SimCan - Simulations Canada, out of business
• SJG - Steve Jackson Games
• SPI - Simulations Publications Inc, out of business
• SSG, Strategic Studies Group, out of business
• TFG - Task Force Games, board game company
• TimJim - Tim Moore & Jim Hlavaty, board game company
• TSR - Tactical Studies Rules, out of business
• TCS - TCS Games
• UGG - Ude Grebe Games, board game company
• VG - Victory Games, out of business
• WEG - West End Games, board game company
• WRG - Wargame Research Group, miniature rules
• XTR, Crossing (X) The Rubicon, out of business

Computer Game Companies

• AGS - Advanced Gaming Systems
• CCS - ???, out of business
• HPS - HPS Simulations
• ISI - ???, out of business
• LPK - LPK Design
• MS - Microsoft
• QQP - Quantum Quality Products, out of business
• SimCan - Simulations Canada, out of business
• SSI - Strategic Studies Inc, out of business

Other Terms

• ADC - Aide de Camp, PBEM (see below) computer utility
• BBC - British Broadcasting Company
• CCG - Collectable Card Game
• CD - Compact Disc, computer program and music storage device
• DOS - Disk Operating System (before Windows or System 7)
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• FRG - Fantasy Roleplaying Games
• JPEG - Joint Photographic Expert Group, a computer graphic format
• JPG - File extension for JPEG files (see JPEG)
• Mac - Macintosh computer by Apple Computer Inc
• Mb - Megabyte, a floppy disk holds 1.44 megabyte
• PBM - Play By Mail (snail mail)
• PBEM - Play By E-Mail (computer mail)
• PBW - Play by Web
• PDF - Portable Document Format, read by Adobe's Acrobat Reader
• Q&A - Questions and Answers
• RTF - Rich Text Format, a document file format

Last Update: 19 November 2003

• list established

Please send additions and corrections to Skip Franklin (wargamr@swbell dot net)