The (Unofficial) Great Battles of History
This page is mostly just to clarify abbreviations used elsewhere in this web (since you might not have the components close to hand), and to provide a standard reference for PBEM games.
Beginners: Don't get alarmed at the number of abbreviations. No single game uses all of them. And most of these are unit types, which are somewhat redundant in play, because when you look at a "CH" unit it's got a little picture of a chariot...
| AS | Attacker Superiority, Ashigaru [Japanese Infantry] |
| AT | Artillery (Oxybeles) |
| AW | Active Withdrawal |
| BC | Barbarian Cavalry |
| BMO | Busho Movement Order |
| CA | Cardaces |
| CAT | Cataphracted Heavy Cavalry |
| CE | Cohorts Extraordinaires |
| CH | Chariot |
| CO | Cohort |
| CR | Caracole cavalry |
| CRT | Combat Results Table |
| DD | Double Depth (phalanxes) |
| DG | Dragoon light cavalry |
| DP | Disruption Possibility |
| DR | Dragoon light infantry |
| dr | die roll |
| drm | die roll modifier |
| DS | Defender Superiority |
| EIO | Elite Initiative Orders (phase) |
| EL | Elephant |
| IO | Individual Order |
| HC | Heavy Cavalry |
| HI | Heavy Infantry (includes triarii) |
| HO | Hoplite |
| KB | Kibamusha [Japanese cavalry] |
| LC | Light Cavalry, Line Command, Legion Command |
| LCrt | Light Cavalry, Croat |
| LG | Legionary Infantry (includes hastati, principes) |
| LI | Light Infantry (include velites) |
| LN | Lancers |
| LOS | Line of Sight |
| LP | Peltasts |
| MA | Movement Allowance |
| MCC | Macedonian Contingent Commanders |
| MI | Medium Infantry |
| MP | Movement Point |
| OC | Overall Commander |
| OW | Orderly Withdrawal |
| OX | Ox Carts |
| OZ | Ozutsu [Japanese artillery] |
| PC | Personal Combat |
| PH | Phalanx |
| PW | Prearranged Withdrawal |
| RC | Roman Cavalry |
| RP | Rout Point |
| RW | Reaction Withdrawal |
| SC | Section Commander |
| SK | Skirmisher (javelinists, archers, slingers) |
| SK* | Skirmisher units in Deluxe Alex which can shock attack |
| SP | Size/Strength Points |
| TE | Tercio |
| TP | Teppo [Japanese arquebusiers] |
| TQ | Troop Quality |
| YU | Yumi [Japanese archers] |
| ZOC | Zone Of Control |