Glossary (noob reference)

[Wizard]

Hello everyone!

I have been playing only a few games with friends, but reading the forums I have come across many terms that I did not understand. Some of them I did (reading history books). Is there a glossary for these things that I did not find? If not, maybe we could make a sticky thread… Anyhow, things I have come across that I do not understand, or others may find useful:

A&A- Axis and Allies
A+3.9- Axis and Allies Global 40 with the latest Larry Harris update
AAA- Axis and Allies
AAE- Axis and Allies Europe (the old one released 1999)
AAE40- Axis and Allies Europe '40
AAP- Axis and Allies Pacific (the old one released 2001)
AAP40- Axis and Allies Pacific '40
AAR- Axis and Allies Revised
AA Gun- Anti Aircraft Gun
AARHE- Axis and Allies Revised Historic Edition
G40- Axis and Allies Global
BotB- Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge

IPC is Industrial Production Certificate. That’s the monopoly money in the set you use to purchase units. Units are built in territories with an
IC Industrial Complex

INF– Infantry
ART or RTL– Artillery
ARM– Tanks or Armor (as called in classic)
SS or SUB– Submarines
TRN–Transport
FIG or FTR –Fighter
DD or DES – Destroyer
BB – Battleship
BOM or BMR- Bomber
AA – Anti-Aircraft
CA- Cruiser
CP- Central Powers
CT- Contested Territory
CV- Aircraft Carrier

DEI- Dutch East Indies
DOW- Declaration of War

ECan- Eastern Canada
EE- Eastern Europe
EUS- Eastern United States

FEA- French Equatorial Africa
FIC- French IndoChina
FMG- Field Marshal Games
FWA- French West Africa

HB- Heavy Bomber Tech
HBG- Historical Board Gaming

JP- Jet Power Tech
JTDTM- Japan Tank Dash To Moscow

KAF- Kill America First
KBF- Kill Britain First
KIF- Kill Italy First
KISS- Keep It Simply Stupid
KGF- Kill Germany First
KJF- Kill Japan First
KRF- Kill Russia First

LHTR- Larry Harris Tournament Rules
LRA- Long Range Aircraft Tech

NA- National Advantage
NO- National Objective

SBR- Strategic Bombing Run
SE- Southern Europe
SJF- Slow Japan First (then kill germany)
SS- Submarine
SSX- Super Submarines Tech
SZ- Sea Zone normally followed by a number. The number tells you which Sea Zone.

TUV- Total Unit Value
TT- Transport
tt- territory (I know tt is used across the boards in both ways)

UK- United Kingdom
US- United States
USSR- Russia

WCan- Western Canada
WE- Western Europe
WOTC- Wizards of the Coast
WRS- West Russia Stack
WRU- West Russia
WUS- Western United States

R1, UK2, J4, etc. Letter is nation, number is game turn. So… R1: Russia Turn 1 (begining of the game) R4: Russia Turn 4
T1, T5, etc. Generic turn designation, not nation specific unless context makes it nation specific.

Sealion: operation where Germany invades the UK.
Barbarossa= operation where Germany invades Russia.
Taranto raid=UK attacking SZ 97 with most, if not all, of their forces that are in range round 1

Strafe=Attack and then retreat
Fodder=Canon fodder

OOB=Original Out of Box or something to that effect. Means the original/non modded game. Vanilla can also refer to it.
OOL=Order of Loss. What order you want to take casualties.
PBF=Play by Forum
SBR=Strategic Bombing Raid

Thanks!

Edit: added more terms and definitions.

[barnee]

@Wizard

Hi Wizard. Welcome to the site.
KFG=?
KGF=Kill Germany First
Taranto raid=UK attacking SZ 97 with most, if not all, of their forces that are in range round 1

I don’t think there’s a glossary, although I’ve seen a few posts over the years that address abbreviations. You might try a search. A lot of people will use the Naval abbreviations, CV=Carrier, CA=Cruiser…etc. Transport is one that seems to have more than one that is used. I just go with trprt or tranny.

DOW=Declaration of War
Strafe=Attack and then retreat
Fodder=Canon fodder
OOB=Original Out of Box or something to that effect. Means the original/non modded game. Vanilla can also refer to it.
OOL=Order of Loss. What order you want to take casualties in play by forum battles.
PBF=Play by Forum
SBR=Strategic Bombing Raid

Idk, you probably know most of those : ) Just follow your intuition and ask if you’re not sure :)

I’m sure others will clue you in better than I can. :)

[Wizard]

@barnee Thanks! I knew some, but not others. Maybe it was KJF? Which I would guess is kill Japan first…

[Panther]

@Wizard Welcome to the forum :slightly_smiling_face:

The most important Acronyms/Glossary-Threads you will find in the Player Help-Category , especially these two stickies:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/4193/list-of-standard-acronyms-noob-confused-by-ipc-ic-fig-kjf-etc/
and
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17402/axis-and-allies-acronyms-commonly-used/