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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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