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<blockquote data-quote="DarrenGMiller" data-source="post: 2363947" data-attributes="member: 23174"><p>Okay, let me try to list the known item designation codes for TSR/WOTC Dungeons & Dragons products pre-3rd edition:</p><p> </p><p>A - Aerie or Assault</p><p>AC - Accessory</p><p>ALQ - Al Qadim</p><p>B - Basic</p><p>BSOLO - Basic Solo</p><p>C - Competition</p><p>CA - City of Adventure</p><p>CB - Conan the Barbarian</p><p>CGR - Complete Guide Reference</p><p>CM - Companion</p><p>CN - Conan</p><p>CR - Cards</p><p>D - Drow</p><p>DA - Dave Arneson</p><p>DDA - Dungeons & Dragons Adventure</p><p>DDREF - Dungeons & Dragons Reference</p><p>DL - Dragonlance</p><p>DLA - Dragonlance Adventures</p><p>DLC - Dragonlance Classics</p><p>DLE - Dragonlance Extra? (In Search of Dragons, Dragon Magic, Dragon Keep)</p><p>DLQ - Dragonlance ? (Knight's Sword, Flint's Axe)</p><p>DLS - Dragonlance Silvanesti</p><p>DLT - Dragonlance Tales</p><p>DMGOR - Dungeon Masters Guide Optional Rules</p><p>DMGR - Dungeon Masters Guide Reference</p><p>DMR - Dungeon Masters Reference</p><p>DQ - Dragonquest</p><p>DS - Dark Sun</p><p>DSE - Dark Sun Extra? (Dragon's Crown, Black Spine)</p><p>DSM - Dark Sun Module? (Black Flames series)</p><p>DSQ - Dark Sun ? (Road to Urik, Arcane Shadows, Asticlian Gambit)</p><p>DSR - Dark Sun Reference</p><p>DSS - Dark Sun Supplement? (series of Dark Sun accessories)</p><p>EX - Extra (Dungeonland, Magic Mirror)</p><p>FOR - Forgotten Realms</p><p>FR - Forgotten Realms</p><p>FRC - Forgotten Realms Curse? (Ruins of Adventure, Curse of the Azure Bonds)</p><p>FRE - Forgotten Realms Extra? (FR city books)</p><p>FRS - Forgotten Realms Supplement</p><p>G - Giants</p><p>GA - Gazeteer</p><p>GC - Greyhawk Castle (the original designation of the two EX adventures)</p><p>GDQ - Giants, Drow, Queen</p><p>GEN - GenCon Adventures</p><p>GRM - ?</p><p>H - High Level</p><p>HHQ - ? (Class Challenges)</p><p>HHS - ? (Class Challenges 2)</p><p>HR - Historical Reference</p><p>HREF - Historical Reference</p><p>HWA - Hollow World Adventure</p><p>HWQ - Hollow World ? (The Milenian Scepter)</p><p>HWR - Hollow World Reference</p><p>I - Intermediate</p><p>IM - Immortal</p><p>IQ - InQuest</p><p>JAK - Jakandor</p><p>L - Lendore or Lakofka</p><p>LC - Living City</p><p>LNA - Lankhmar Adventures</p><p>LNQ - Lankhmar ? (Slayers of Lankhmar)</p><p>LNR - Lankhmar Reference</p><p>M - Master</p><p>MSOLO - Master Solo</p><p>MA - Monstrous Arcana</p><p>MC - Monstrous Compendium</p><p>MV - Magic Viewer</p><p>N - Novice</p><p>O - One-on-One</p><p>OA - Oriental Adventures</p><p>OP - Outer Planes</p><p>PC - Peoples and Creatures</p><p>PG - Players Guide</p><p>PHBOR - Players Handbook Optional Rules</p><p>PHBR - Players Handbook Reference</p><p>Q - Queen of Spiders</p><p>R - RPGA Adventures</p><p>RA - Ravenloft Adventure</p><p>REF - Reference</p><p>RPGA - RPGA Adventure</p><p>RM - Ravenloft Module?</p><p>RQ - Ravenloft ? (series of Ravenloft adventures)</p><p>RR - Ravenloft Reference</p><p>RS - Red Sonja (there was also a Van Richten's Guide (RR) that was misprinted as RS)</p><p>S - Special</p><p>SJA - Spelljammer Adventure</p><p>SJQ - Spelljammer ? (Heart of the Enemy)</p><p>SJR - Spelljammer Reference</p><p>SJS - Spelljammer ? (Goblins Return)</p><p>T - Temple of Elemental Evil</p><p>TM - Trail Map</p><p>U - United Kingdom</p><p>UK - United Kingdom</p><p>WG - World of Greyhawk</p><p>WGA - World of Greyhawk Adventure</p><p>WGM - World of Greyhawk Module? (Border Watch)</p><p>WGQ - World of Greyhawk ? (Patriots of Ulek)</p><p>WGR - World of Greyhawk Reference</p><p>WGS - World of Greyhawk Sargent</p><p>X - Expert</p><p>XS - Expert Solo (Thunderdelve Mountain)</p><p>XSOLO - Expert Solo</p><p>XTA - Extra (Rod of Seven Parts originally held this designation)</p><p> </p><p>I have listed all of the ones I know. There are a few I would love to know, so any assistance would be great. Where possible, if I didn't know one, I have listed the adventure(s) that held this designation. This is probably more than anyone wanted to know, but once I started typing, I just had to keep going.</p><p> </p><p>DM</p><p> </p><p>EDIT: As I learn of the meanings of designations, I will edit this post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarrenGMiller, post: 2363947, member: 23174"] Okay, let me try to list the known item designation codes for TSR/WOTC Dungeons & Dragons products pre-3rd edition: A - Aerie or Assault AC - Accessory ALQ - Al Qadim B - Basic BSOLO - Basic Solo C - Competition CA - City of Adventure CB - Conan the Barbarian CGR - Complete Guide Reference CM - Companion CN - Conan CR - Cards D - Drow DA - Dave Arneson DDA - Dungeons & Dragons Adventure DDREF - Dungeons & Dragons Reference DL - Dragonlance DLA - Dragonlance Adventures DLC - Dragonlance Classics DLE - Dragonlance Extra? (In Search of Dragons, Dragon Magic, Dragon Keep) DLQ - Dragonlance ? (Knight's Sword, Flint's Axe) DLS - Dragonlance Silvanesti DLT - Dragonlance Tales DMGOR - Dungeon Masters Guide Optional Rules DMGR - Dungeon Masters Guide Reference DMR - Dungeon Masters Reference DQ - Dragonquest DS - Dark Sun DSE - Dark Sun Extra? (Dragon's Crown, Black Spine) DSM - Dark Sun Module? (Black Flames series) DSQ - Dark Sun ? (Road to Urik, Arcane Shadows, Asticlian Gambit) DSR - Dark Sun Reference DSS - Dark Sun Supplement? (series of Dark Sun accessories) EX - Extra (Dungeonland, Magic Mirror) FOR - Forgotten Realms FR - Forgotten Realms FRC - Forgotten Realms Curse? (Ruins of Adventure, Curse of the Azure Bonds) FRE - Forgotten Realms Extra? (FR city books) FRS - Forgotten Realms Supplement G - Giants GA - Gazeteer GC - Greyhawk Castle (the original designation of the two EX adventures) GDQ - Giants, Drow, Queen GEN - GenCon Adventures GRM - ? H - High Level HHQ - ? (Class Challenges) HHS - ? (Class Challenges 2) HR - Historical Reference HREF - Historical Reference HWA - Hollow World Adventure HWQ - Hollow World ? (The Milenian Scepter) HWR - Hollow World Reference I - Intermediate IM - Immortal IQ - InQuest JAK - Jakandor L - Lendore or Lakofka LC - Living City LNA - Lankhmar Adventures LNQ - Lankhmar ? (Slayers of Lankhmar) LNR - Lankhmar Reference M - Master MSOLO - Master Solo MA - Monstrous Arcana MC - Monstrous Compendium MV - Magic Viewer N - Novice O - One-on-One OA - Oriental Adventures OP - Outer Planes PC - Peoples and Creatures PG - Players Guide PHBOR - Players Handbook Optional Rules PHBR - Players Handbook Reference Q - Queen of Spiders R - RPGA Adventures RA - Ravenloft Adventure REF - Reference RPGA - RPGA Adventure RM - Ravenloft Module? RQ - Ravenloft ? (series of Ravenloft adventures) RR - Ravenloft Reference RS - Red Sonja (there was also a Van Richten's Guide (RR) that was misprinted as RS) S - Special SJA - Spelljammer Adventure SJQ - Spelljammer ? (Heart of the Enemy) SJR - Spelljammer Reference SJS - Spelljammer ? (Goblins Return) T - Temple of Elemental Evil TM - Trail Map U - United Kingdom UK - United Kingdom WG - World of Greyhawk WGA - World of Greyhawk Adventure WGM - World of Greyhawk Module? (Border Watch) WGQ - World of Greyhawk ? (Patriots of Ulek) WGR - World of Greyhawk Reference WGS - World of Greyhawk Sargent X - Expert XS - Expert Solo (Thunderdelve Mountain) XSOLO - Expert Solo XTA - Extra (Rod of Seven Parts originally held this designation) I have listed all of the ones I know. There are a few I would love to know, so any assistance would be great. Where possible, if I didn't know one, I have listed the adventure(s) that held this designation. This is probably more than anyone wanted to know, but once I started typing, I just had to keep going. DM EDIT: As I learn of the meanings of designations, I will edit this post. [/QUOTE]
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