Glossary of Terms
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 |
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 |