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<blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 6270277" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>It's a two-part code of letters and numbers. Letter designates the series; number designates the order of publication within the series.</p><p></p><p> For AD&D as of 1990, according to Lawrence Schick's <em>Heroic Worlds</em>:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A=Aerie of the Slave Lords series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">C=Competition series (tournament modules) (This is why D&D Champion-level are designated CM.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">CA=City Adventure series (Lankhmar)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">CB=Conan the Barbarian</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">D=Drow</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DL=Dragonlance series (the original modules)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DLA=Dragonlance Adventure series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DLC=Dragonlance Classics series (reprints of the original modules)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DLE=Dragonlance Epic series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DLR=Dragonlance Reference series (sourcebooks)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DMGR=Dungeon Master's Guide Reference</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DQ=DragonQuest crossover adventures (the old 1980s SPI game)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">EX=Expansion series (extensions of existing dungeons)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FR=Forgotten Realms </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FRA=Forgotten Realms Adventure series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FRC=Forgotten Realms Companion series (computer game tie-ins)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FRE=Forgotten Realms Epic series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FROA=Forgotten Realms Oriental Adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">G=Giants</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GDQ=Giants/Drow/Queen of the Demonweb Pits compilation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GM=Game Master (from a scenario magazine)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H=High (level)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I=Intermediate (level)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">L=Lendore Isles</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">LC=Living City</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">LNA=Lankhmar/Nehwon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MV=Magic Viewer (using those red plastic filters, IIRC)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">N=Novice (players/characters)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OA=Oriental Adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OP=Outer Planes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PHBR=Player's Handbook Reference series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Q=Queen of the Demonweb Pits</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">R=RPGA</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">REF=Reference (DM's supplements)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RPGA=Self-explanatory <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RS=Red Sonja (also used by accident for Ravenloft Sourcebook once)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">S=Special series (stand-alone scenarios, usually tournaments)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SJA=Spelljammer Adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SJR=Spelljammer Reference</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">T=Temple of Elemental Evil</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">U=Underwater</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UK=United Kingdom-designed adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WG=World of Greyhawk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WGA=World of Greyhawk Adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WGR=World of Greyhawk Reference</li> </ul><p></p><p> Some subsequent series were added to these until TSR abandoned the nomenclature in 1994. HR=Historical Reference is the most famous; most of the others are setting-specific, usually an abbreviation of the setting (R=Ravenloft, DS=Dark Sun, ALQ=Al-Qadim) followed by a one-letter code for the type of product (R=Reference or S=Sourcebook for source material, A=Adventure, M=Module or Q=Quest for adventures) and then the numeric code to identify the specific item.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M.L. Martin, post: 6270277, member: 4086"] It's a two-part code of letters and numbers. Letter designates the series; number designates the order of publication within the series. For AD&D as of 1990, according to Lawrence Schick's [i]Heroic Worlds[/i]: [LIST] [*]A=Aerie of the Slave Lords series [*]C=Competition series (tournament modules) (This is why D&D Champion-level are designated CM.) [*]CA=City Adventure series (Lankhmar) [*]CB=Conan the Barbarian [*]D=Drow [*]DL=Dragonlance series (the original modules) [*]DLA=Dragonlance Adventure series [*]DLC=Dragonlance Classics series (reprints of the original modules) [*]DLE=Dragonlance Epic series [*]DLR=Dragonlance Reference series (sourcebooks) [*]DMGR=Dungeon Master's Guide Reference [*]DQ=DragonQuest crossover adventures (the old 1980s SPI game) [*]EX=Expansion series (extensions of existing dungeons) [*]FR=Forgotten Realms [*]FRA=Forgotten Realms Adventure series [*]FRC=Forgotten Realms Companion series (computer game tie-ins) [*]FRE=Forgotten Realms Epic series [*]FROA=Forgotten Realms Oriental Adventures [*]G=Giants [*]GDQ=Giants/Drow/Queen of the Demonweb Pits compilation [*]GM=Game Master (from a scenario magazine) [*]H=High (level) [*]I=Intermediate (level) [*]L=Lendore Isles [*]LC=Living City [*]LNA=Lankhmar/Nehwon [*]MV=Magic Viewer (using those red plastic filters, IIRC) [*]N=Novice (players/characters) [*]OA=Oriental Adventures [*]OP=Outer Planes [*]PHBR=Player's Handbook Reference series [*]Q=Queen of the Demonweb Pits [*]R=RPGA [*]REF=Reference (DM's supplements) [*]RPGA=Self-explanatory :) [*]RS=Red Sonja (also used by accident for Ravenloft Sourcebook once) [*]S=Special series (stand-alone scenarios, usually tournaments) [*]SJA=Spelljammer Adventures [*]SJR=Spelljammer Reference [*]T=Temple of Elemental Evil [*]U=Underwater [*]UK=United Kingdom-designed adventures [*]WG=World of Greyhawk [*]WGA=World of Greyhawk Adventures [*]WGR=World of Greyhawk Reference [/LIST] Some subsequent series were added to these until TSR abandoned the nomenclature in 1994. HR=Historical Reference is the most famous; most of the others are setting-specific, usually an abbreviation of the setting (R=Ravenloft, DS=Dark Sun, ALQ=Al-Qadim) followed by a one-letter code for the type of product (R=Reference or S=Sourcebook for source material, A=Adventure, M=Module or Q=Quest for adventures) and then the numeric code to identify the specific item. [/QUOTE]
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