Terms to Know >> Warhammer Acronyms & Abbreviations

As more people discover the Fantasy Flight Forums for Warhammer Fantasy, I thought it would be helpful to create a list of common terms, abbreviations, acronyms and shorthand used here on the forums. Please feel free to provide any additional tips and definitions you feel are helpful. Thank you.

WARHAMMER 2nd Edition Terms, Resources, Titles and Abbreviations

AoM - Ashes of Middenheim (Part 1 of the Paths of the Damned)
BotD - Barony of the Damned
Core - Core Rulebook, the WFRP Main Rules
CotHR - Children of the Horned Rat, the Guide to Skaven
CP - Character Pack
FoN - Forges of Nuln (Part 3 of the Paths of the Damned)
GMP - Game Master's Pack
KA - Karak Azgal
KotG - Knights of the Grail, the Guide to Bretonnia
LotLL / LLL - Lure of the Liche Lord
NDM - Night's Dark Masters
OWA - Old World Armory
OWB - Old World Bestiary
PotD - Paths of the Damned (series, usually inclusive)
RC - Renegade Crowns, the Guide to the Border Princes
RoS - Realms of Sorcery
RotIQ - Realm of the Ice Queen, the Guide to Kislev
SH - Sigmar's Heirs, the Guide to the Empire
SoA - Spires of Altdorf (Part 2 of the Paths of the Damned)
SoE - Shades of Empire
TiT - Terror in Talabheim
ToC - Tome of Corruption
ToS - Tome of Salvation
ToT - Tomb of Thieves
TTT - The Thousand Thrones
WC / WComp - The WFRP Companion
WFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Role Playing Game

Other WARHAMMER / Product / Background Terms

AP - Armor Points
BI - Black Industries, former publishers of WFRP 2nd Edition
CI - Corruping Influence
CN - Casting Number
CP - Career Path
CV - Critical Value
DH - Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40k RPG with similar mechanics to WFRP
DoS - Degrees of Success
EP - Encumbrance or Encumbrance Points
FFG - Fantasy Flight Games, current publishers of WFRP 2nd Edition
FP - Fate or Fortune Points
GC - Gold Crowns, a unit of currency in WFRP
GM - Game Master
GR - Green Ronin, former writers/publishers of WFRP 2nd Edition alongside BI
GW - Games Workshop
Hogshead - Former publisher of the v1 WFRP
PC - Player Character
SoC - Storm of Chaos
TEW - The Enemy Within, a WFRP v1 campaign
v1 / V1 - Warhammer RPG version 1, by Games Workshop
v2 / V2 - 2nd Edition Warhammer
XP - Experience Points

Additional Forum Lingo

AFAIK - As Far As I Know
BTW - By the Way
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
QFT - Quoted For Truth!
RAW - Rules as Written
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

I think you should have a look here.

CV was extensively used for Critical Value in TTT and although IMHO it won't catch on in the forums YMMV.

CapnZapp wrote:I think you should have a look here.

Thank you. Since those were not immediately accessible from the FFG forums, that link will prove very useful. I'll integrate the major differences into my list above.

I always thought that QTF stood for Quite The Fuck... It means the same, at least!
Ahauhuahuhuhau

Shallya bless you.

I believe QTF was not deemed appropriate for inclusion over at BI's forums...

I wonder why the WFRP1 stuff is not worthy to be included in the list. SoB, DotR, PbtT, SRiK, EiF and alternatively EaW are often mentioned in WFRP forums. Likewise with RD, for instance.

And why is fanstuff disregarded? WS and StS deserve to be mentioned. CH used to be an important site, although less so now the forums closed - but you can still find a wealth of background information there.

Drakar wrote:I always thought that QTF stood for Quite The Fuck... It means the same, at least!
Ahauhuahuhuhau

You mean QFT? I've seen it mentioned as Quite Fucking True.

Whymme wrote:I wonder why the WFRP1 stuff is not worthy to be included in the list. SoB, DotR, PbtT, SRiK, EiF and alternatively EaW are often mentioned in WFRP forums. Likewise with RD, for instance.

And why is fanstuff disregarded? WS and StS deserve to be mentioned. CH used to be an important site, although less so now the forums closed - but you can still find a wealth of background information there.

Whymme -- it is certainly not a matter if WFRP1 or fan material not being "worthy" -- it is indeed worthy and valuable information. I personally just did not have as much familiarity with them as I do the WFRP v2 content and terms to think of them off the top of my head to make the lists... And while they are referenced on occassion here on the forums, I don't believe they are referenced quite as often as the more contemporary acronyms and abbreviations...

To this end, however, you'll notice that I did include the link CapnZapp directed me to, which does go into another level of detail than the list I provided.

Drakar wrote:I always thought that QTF stood for Quite The Fuck... It means the same, at least!
Ahauhuahuhuhau

Heh. I though it (QFT, that is) stood for Quite F*cking True.

EDIT: And aparently Whymme thinks so too. Must be a dutch thing!

For V1 and a bit of V2 this still exists It's in need of updating however.

CapnZapp wrote:I think you should have a look here.

This is the Old BL Forum, is it not?

I only get a white page with a "access denied". This is since they closed the forum. How do I get access to it? Can anyone help me?

Works perfectly for me, and I can't imagine anyone but yourself can help: try clearing your browser cache and remove all cookies (related to the BI sites).

Btw, the link goes to the "new" BI forums, not the "old" BI forums...

CapnZapp wrote:Works perfectly for me, and I can't imagine anyone but yourself can help: try clearing your browser cache and remove all cookies (related to the BI sites).

Btw, the link goes to the "new" BI forums, not the "old" BI forums...

I mean the "new" one. Removing all cookies helped.
Thank you very much!

Dr. Rudolf von Richten wrote:

Drakar wrote:I always thought that QTF stood for Quite The Fuck... It means the same, at least!
Ahauhuahuhuhau

Heh. I though it (QFT, that is) stood for Quite F*cking True.

EDIT: And aparently Whymme thinks so too. Must be a dutch thing!

Hmm, no. I had the idea that it stood for "Quoted for Truth". I did like the other explanation, though.

Isilvar wrote:

CapnZapp wrote:Works perfectly for me, and I can't imagine anyone but yourself can help: try clearing your browser cache and remove all cookies (related to the BI sites).

Btw, the link goes to the "new" BI forums, not the "old" BI forums...

I mean the "new" one. Removing all cookies helped.
Thank you very much!

Mmmmmmm ! Delicious cookies

oldscool wrote:

Isilvar wrote:

CapnZapp wrote:Works perfectly for me, and I can't imagine anyone but yourself can help: try clearing your browser cache and remove all cookies (related to the BI sites).

Btw, the link goes to the "new" BI forums, not the "old" BI forums...

I mean the "new" one. Removing all cookies helped.
Thank you very much!

Mmmmmmm ! Delicious cookies

LOLcats rulez!

It occurs to me that this could be more useful if it where stickyed.

jadrax wrote:It occurs to me that this could be more useful if it where stickyed.

I'm workin' on it...

After all the effort of digging this thread out the abbreviation I was looking for wasn't even on either list anyway. ;o)

CI = Corrupting Influence

ynnen wrote:

jadrax wrote:It occurs to me that this could be more useful if it where stickyed.

I'm workin' on it...

Well done ;o)

Bravissimo for getting this stickied!

Ye Ancient One wrote:Bravissimo for getting this stickied!

Thank you. If there are any more acronyms or abbreviations to add, please let me know, or PM me and I'll edit the initial post to include more... I'll let the v1 and previous acronyms remain via the link I provided in the original post -- for the purposes of this thread, I'm more interested in v2 and more common verbiage used going forward... however, please don't mistake that for discounting or devaluing any previous/other content!

Ynnen!
Congrats buddy!
Way to go!