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Glossary
Many articles on this site and others frequently use these
abbreviations and pet names for units and items in the game.
We present a list of at least most of them here for your convenience.
AE |
Armored Elephant |
AP |
Attack Points |
Assy |
Assyria |
Axer |
Axeman |
Babs |
Babylonian |
BLP |
Blind Lame Priest |
Boom, Booming |
Developing a massive economy through many resources, allowing
the player to pump out army after army and overwhelm opponents. |
Broadie |
Broad Swordsmen |
BT |
Ballista Tower |
CA |
Chariot Archer |
Carth |
Carthaginian |
Cat |
Catapult |
Cav |
Cavalry |
Cent |
Centurion |
Cho War |
Game with only Legions and Towers, normally Choson
civ |
Civ |
Civilisation e.g. Egyptian, Roman, etc. |
Compie |
Composite Bowman |
CP |
Computer Player |
CR |
Camel Rider |
Dancing |
A manoeuvre where you have your units repeatedly
attack, then move |
DM / Regular DM |
Death Match, any settings. Regular DM = Pop 200,
Hills, Reveal, Conquest, Iron Age |
Dumbo |
Elephant |
EA |
Elephant Archer |
Ele(s) |
(War) Elephant(s) |
FB/FS |
Fishing Boat/Fishing Ship |
Forwards |
Villager sent to the enemy to build military
buildings
there |
HA |
Horse Archer |
HC |
Heavy Catapult or the shortcut for Select
Town Center (H) then Build Villager (C) |
HCat |
Heavy Catapult |
Hellene |
Greek |
Helo(s) |
Helepolis(es) |
HHA |
Heavy Horse Archer |
Hitto |
Hittite |
Hopper |
Hoplite |
HP(s) |
Hitpoint(s) |
Housed |
When you try to make a unit and get told you need
to build more houses |
Impie |
Improved Bowman |
Juggie, Juggy |
Juggernaught |
Kittie |
Cat |
LoS |
Line of sight, that is the light area round a
unit |
Mace |
Macedonian |
Mass Forward Building |
Building lots of military bases e.g. Stables,
etc in enemy territory |
Paint |
To build foundations (as opposed to full buildings)
in enemy territory - generally considered cheating on the zone
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Palmy |
Palmyran |
Phoe or Phoenie |
Phoenician |
Rax |
Barracks |
Remes |
Triremes |
RM |
Random Map Game |
rof, RoF |
Rate of fire, that is the time interval in between
shots by ranged units |
rush, rushing |
Attacking an opponent early. |
SF |
Shore fish |
Smurfing |
Pretending to be someone else, usually on a forum
or the zone |
ST |
Stone Thrower |
Straggler |
Solitary tree near your Town Center with 75 wood |
TB |
Trade Boat |
TC |
Town Center |
Toolie |
Tool Age Archer = Bowman |
Tranny |
Transport Ship, honest ;-) |
VC |
Victory condition (in scenarios) |
WE |
War Elephant |
Woodies |
Woodcutting Villagers |
Yammy |
Yamato |
Yassy |
Yamato and Assyria |
Zone |
Special server set up for online multiplayer games
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