Ktan
05-31-2007, 3:01 PM
Warhammer 40, 000
General
4th Ed - The 4th (and current) edition of the Warhammer 40, 000 rules
DS - Deep Strike
DX (Usually D6) - A dice with the number of sides after the letter D. e.g. D6 means the traditional 6-sided die (for all that don't know, die is the singular of dice).
It also can be used in such a form as XD6, to symbolise rolling X 6 sided dice.
eg:
2D6 - 2 6 sided dice
D6+4 - the result of a roll of one 6 sided die with 4 added
3 x D6 - Multiply the result of one D6 by three.
TT - Table-top. Many things are compared to the tabletop equivelents, both things from DoW and fluff. (Eg, in TT, the Necron Warrior and a Space Marine are roughly on a par. In DoW, the Necron Warriors (as the game goes on) reach a point where they exceed the standard Space Marine [needs confirmation]. In fluff, Imperial Guard lasguns can penetrate concrete with ease. In TT, they are the weakest weapon and still only s3, even against unarmoured foes)
Fluff - Informal term referring to 40K backstory.
40K - Warhammer 40, 000
2/3/4 etc. up - Used in speech, up replaces plus. EG, a Space Marine has a standard 3+ save. So you'd pass the die/dice and say 'you have x# Three up saves' (but obvious, I suppose)
Beardy/Cheesy - Units or army configurations that are geared mainly towards just winning and forgoing sportsmanship. Often exploits of the rules, or loopholes in the rules. However, it can be hard to discern what is beardy and what is merely effective.
Rapid Fire Range - A range of twelve inches within which a unit with rapid firing weapons may fire twice.
Space Marines
SM - Space Marines
Termies - Depending on context, they can be Space Marine Terminators or Tyranid Termagaunts
Rhino Rush - A tactic that was predominantly 3rd edition. The player would unload Space Marines from Rhinos into close combat, causing a combat to be initiated sooner than if the Marines were to have been on foot. Changes in the 4th Edition rules made this manoeuvre much more difficult and less effective than just disembarking and shooting, much akin to the 'Fish of Fury'
Smurfs - Ultramarines
Chaos
Tyranids
Gaunts - Any type of Gaunt unit, eg, Hormagaunts, Termagants or Spinegaunts.
Carni'/'Fex - Carnifex
Staplers - Tyranid Spinefists
Termies - Depending on context, they can be Space Marine Terminators or Tyranid Termagaunts
Necrons
WBB - We'll be back rule
Imms - Immortals
Tau
Fish of Fury - Tactic which involves unloading a unit of Tau Fire warriors within rapid fire range of the enemy.
Eldar
Dark Eldar
DE - Dark Eldar
Imperial Guard
IG -
T-Shirt - Reference to Imperial Guard armour since so many waepons can penetrate it.
Flashlight - Reference to the Lasgun, the weakest standard weapon in the TT game.
Forces of the Inquisition
Unit Configurations
Predators
Destructor - Turret mounted Autocannon with sponson mounted lascannons or heavy bolters.
Baal - Blood Angel Variant. Turret mounted twin-linked Assualt Cannons and sponson mounted heavy bolters or heavy flamers. Named after the Blood Angel Homewrold
Annihilator - Turret mounted twin-linked Lascannon with sponson mounted lascannons or heavy bolters.
Dreadnoughts
Hellfire - Variant name created for Dawn of War. Dreadnought a missile launcher instead of a power fist.
Furiousa - Blood Angels Variant with two power fists. The second is fitted with a meltagun.
Land Raiders
Crusader - Armed with a Twin-linked assault cannon, hull-top multi-melta, sponson hurricane bolters and frag grenade launchers at the front (need to look up the actual technical terms)
Terminus - Armed with Lascannons almost exclusively. Has an extra lascannon on each side instead of the side doors.
Carnifexes
Devilfex - A carnifex with two twin linked Devourer biomorphs
Screamer-Killer - Tyranid Carnifex with two pairs of Scything Talons and Bio-Plasma
Tactical Squads
6 las/plas, munchkining or min-maxing - The process of creating a 6 man Tactical Squad with a Lascannon and a Plasmagun. This configuration is very efficient. It is quite difficult to score victory point from such a unit while they are also relatviely cheap to field. However, they are considered 'beardy' and not very fun to use or fight against.
Warhammer Fantasy
Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
Specialist Games
BFG - Battlefleet Gothic, something of a spin off of the 40K TT game that is set in space instead. It is one of the 'specialist' games
Epic - Epic Armaggedon/40,000. Antoher specialist game where all the units are shrunk down into squads that are smaller than your average 40K model and where Titans can be fielded in large amounts.
Necromunda - A skirmish style 40K spin off set in the Necromunda Hive, pitting many gangs (who accrue experience and equipment during their existence, like in an RPG) against each other.
GW Products[/B]
[B]GS - Green Stuff, modelling putty, can be used as a noun or a verb to denote the action of modelling something with green stuff or similar putty
Dawn of War
DoW - Dawn of War
WA - Winter Assault (1st expansion pack)
DC - Dark Crusade (Second expansion pack)
IMBA - Imbalanced
CSM - Chaos Space Marines
SM - Space Marines
'Crons - Necrons
Tao - Idiot can't spell Tau. =p
ASM - Assault Marines
FW - Fire Warriors
NW - Necron Warriors
IG - Imperial Guard/Guardsmen
LS - Landspeeder
NB - Nightbringer
FC - Space Marine Force Commander
Imbatox - Current patch of Krootox. Called so due to being IMBA
LP1/2/3 - Stage of listening post. I'm not sure if 1 actually means the 1st upgrade, in which case there is no 3.
DS - Deepstrike
Uber - Unit/Relic unit - A unit that requires a relic and often Tier Three research. Often cited as units that define Tier Four.
T0 - Very start. EG, for Space Marines, you can build Scouts and Servitors
T1 - Tier one. The actual start of the game. All stuff available before T2 (first HQ upgrade)
T2 - Tier Two: Vehicles come into play. This is after the 1st base upgrade, usually.
T3 - Tier Three: after 2nd base upgrade, some of the best units become available.
T4 - Uber-units and best tanks come out, usually after research at T3. Technically, there are only 3 tiers. These other tiers are more defined by the use of them as terms in strats.
Mark Of Chaos
General
4th Ed - The 4th (and current) edition of the Warhammer 40, 000 rules
DS - Deep Strike
DX (Usually D6) - A dice with the number of sides after the letter D. e.g. D6 means the traditional 6-sided die (for all that don't know, die is the singular of dice).
It also can be used in such a form as XD6, to symbolise rolling X 6 sided dice.
eg:
2D6 - 2 6 sided dice
D6+4 - the result of a roll of one 6 sided die with 4 added
3 x D6 - Multiply the result of one D6 by three.
TT - Table-top. Many things are compared to the tabletop equivelents, both things from DoW and fluff. (Eg, in TT, the Necron Warrior and a Space Marine are roughly on a par. In DoW, the Necron Warriors (as the game goes on) reach a point where they exceed the standard Space Marine [needs confirmation]. In fluff, Imperial Guard lasguns can penetrate concrete with ease. In TT, they are the weakest weapon and still only s3, even against unarmoured foes)
Fluff - Informal term referring to 40K backstory.
40K - Warhammer 40, 000
2/3/4 etc. up - Used in speech, up replaces plus. EG, a Space Marine has a standard 3+ save. So you'd pass the die/dice and say 'you have x# Three up saves' (but obvious, I suppose)
Beardy/Cheesy - Units or army configurations that are geared mainly towards just winning and forgoing sportsmanship. Often exploits of the rules, or loopholes in the rules. However, it can be hard to discern what is beardy and what is merely effective.
Rapid Fire Range - A range of twelve inches within which a unit with rapid firing weapons may fire twice.
Space Marines
SM - Space Marines
Termies - Depending on context, they can be Space Marine Terminators or Tyranid Termagaunts
Rhino Rush - A tactic that was predominantly 3rd edition. The player would unload Space Marines from Rhinos into close combat, causing a combat to be initiated sooner than if the Marines were to have been on foot. Changes in the 4th Edition rules made this manoeuvre much more difficult and less effective than just disembarking and shooting, much akin to the 'Fish of Fury'
Smurfs - Ultramarines
Chaos
Tyranids
Gaunts - Any type of Gaunt unit, eg, Hormagaunts, Termagants or Spinegaunts.
Carni'/'Fex - Carnifex
Staplers - Tyranid Spinefists
Termies - Depending on context, they can be Space Marine Terminators or Tyranid Termagaunts
Necrons
WBB - We'll be back rule
Imms - Immortals
Tau
Fish of Fury - Tactic which involves unloading a unit of Tau Fire warriors within rapid fire range of the enemy.
Eldar
Dark Eldar
DE - Dark Eldar
Imperial Guard
IG -
T-Shirt - Reference to Imperial Guard armour since so many waepons can penetrate it.
Flashlight - Reference to the Lasgun, the weakest standard weapon in the TT game.
Forces of the Inquisition
Unit Configurations
Predators
Destructor - Turret mounted Autocannon with sponson mounted lascannons or heavy bolters.
Baal - Blood Angel Variant. Turret mounted twin-linked Assualt Cannons and sponson mounted heavy bolters or heavy flamers. Named after the Blood Angel Homewrold
Annihilator - Turret mounted twin-linked Lascannon with sponson mounted lascannons or heavy bolters.
Dreadnoughts
Hellfire - Variant name created for Dawn of War. Dreadnought a missile launcher instead of a power fist.
Furiousa - Blood Angels Variant with two power fists. The second is fitted with a meltagun.
Land Raiders
Crusader - Armed with a Twin-linked assault cannon, hull-top multi-melta, sponson hurricane bolters and frag grenade launchers at the front (need to look up the actual technical terms)
Terminus - Armed with Lascannons almost exclusively. Has an extra lascannon on each side instead of the side doors.
Carnifexes
Devilfex - A carnifex with two twin linked Devourer biomorphs
Screamer-Killer - Tyranid Carnifex with two pairs of Scything Talons and Bio-Plasma
Tactical Squads
6 las/plas, munchkining or min-maxing - The process of creating a 6 man Tactical Squad with a Lascannon and a Plasmagun. This configuration is very efficient. It is quite difficult to score victory point from such a unit while they are also relatviely cheap to field. However, they are considered 'beardy' and not very fun to use or fight against.
Warhammer Fantasy
Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
Specialist Games
BFG - Battlefleet Gothic, something of a spin off of the 40K TT game that is set in space instead. It is one of the 'specialist' games
Epic - Epic Armaggedon/40,000. Antoher specialist game where all the units are shrunk down into squads that are smaller than your average 40K model and where Titans can be fielded in large amounts.
Necromunda - A skirmish style 40K spin off set in the Necromunda Hive, pitting many gangs (who accrue experience and equipment during their existence, like in an RPG) against each other.
GW Products[/B]
[B]GS - Green Stuff, modelling putty, can be used as a noun or a verb to denote the action of modelling something with green stuff or similar putty
Dawn of War
DoW - Dawn of War
WA - Winter Assault (1st expansion pack)
DC - Dark Crusade (Second expansion pack)
IMBA - Imbalanced
CSM - Chaos Space Marines
SM - Space Marines
'Crons - Necrons
Tao - Idiot can't spell Tau. =p
ASM - Assault Marines
FW - Fire Warriors
NW - Necron Warriors
IG - Imperial Guard/Guardsmen
LS - Landspeeder
NB - Nightbringer
FC - Space Marine Force Commander
Imbatox - Current patch of Krootox. Called so due to being IMBA
LP1/2/3 - Stage of listening post. I'm not sure if 1 actually means the 1st upgrade, in which case there is no 3.
DS - Deepstrike
Uber - Unit/Relic unit - A unit that requires a relic and often Tier Three research. Often cited as units that define Tier Four.
T0 - Very start. EG, for Space Marines, you can build Scouts and Servitors
T1 - Tier one. The actual start of the game. All stuff available before T2 (first HQ upgrade)
T2 - Tier Two: Vehicles come into play. This is after the 1st base upgrade, usually.
T3 - Tier Three: after 2nd base upgrade, some of the best units become available.
T4 - Uber-units and best tanks come out, usually after research at T3. Technically, there are only 3 tiers. These other tiers are more defined by the use of them as terms in strats.
Mark Of Chaos