Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

Wesnoth Acronyms

Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.

(Note to editors: Please try to keep an alphabetic order to simplify manual searching)

Official Campaigns

EI       - "The Eastern Invasion" (campaign name)
HttT     - "Heir to the Throne" (campaign name)

• • BoP - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • DD - "Dwarven Doors" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • HotNE - "Home of the North Elves" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • IotD - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • SoE - "Siege of Elensefar" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • TotC - "Test of the Clans" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
  • VoD - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)

SotBE    - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
TDH      - "The Dark Hordes" (campaign name)
TRoW     - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)

Unofficial Campaigns

FtF      - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
LOW      - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
SE       - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
SG       - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
SoF      - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name)
UtBS     - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name)

Forum Language

AMLA    - After Maximum Level Advancement
BfW     - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
BWH     - Been suggested before.  We think it's a good idea.  Hope to add it eventually.
CtH     - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
CtbH    - Chance to be Hit (also C2bH)
CtK     - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
CtbK    - Chance to be Killed (also C2bK)
CVS     - up-to-date Wesnoth: WesnothCVS
EP      - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
FFA     - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
HAPMA   - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
HP      - Hit points
IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
KISS    - Keep It Simple, Stupid.
            Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see WesnothPhilosophy
MP      - Movement points
MP      - Multiplayer
MOL     - Mage of Light
Mr. A   - Assasin when he's being an you know what
OAB     - Options are Bad; mostly used by Turin
OFWRA   - Old Flame War Revival Alert
OT      - Off Topic: can refer to either the forum(http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or spam
RIPLIB  - Reducing In Power Levelling Is Bad - means that when a unit upgrades,
            at least one of its options should be strictly superior to the original unit.
              http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423
RPG     - Role Playing Game - Wesnoth's experience system: http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385
RTFM    - Read The Manual
RTS     - Real Time Strategy Game - not Wesnoth
SP      - Single Player (Campaigns)
TBS     - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
TWP     - The Wesnoth Philosophy: WesnothPhilosophy
WC      - Walking Corpses
WINR    - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
WIN_    - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, etc.)
WML     - Wesnoth Markup Language: ReferenceWML
XP      - Experience
ZOC     - Zone of Control

General Acronyms

BTW     - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
OtOH    - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
IIRC    - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer)
IMHO    - In My Humble Opinion
IMO     - In My Opinion
AFAIK   - As Far As I Know (Another statement with a disclaimer)
AFAICT  - As Far As I Can Tell

See Also

• http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines.