-- No Effect Appears on various air and naval tables
A Abort Air combat result
AA Antiaircraft Guns shooting at airplanes (mostly)
AE Attacker Eliminated Ground combat result
AEC Armor Effects Capability Bonus given armor when used in combat
AECA Armor Effects Capability, Attack The attacker's armor bonus
AECD Armor Effects Capability, Defense The defender's armor bonus
AH Attacker Halved Ground combat result
APZOC Anti-Partisan Zone Of Control Hexes controlled to prevent partisan operations.
AR Attacker Retreat Ground combat result
Arty Artillery Big guns
AS Attacker Stopped Euphemism for No Effect
ASP Attack Supply Point The attacker needs these to attack
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare Sighted Sub, Sank Same
ATEC Antitank Effect Capability Effects used to offset the armor bonus
AZOC Air Zone Of Control Air space under the control of air units

Bde Brigade A unit size, roughly about 3,000 personnel
BF Balkan Front Europa III, revised Marita-Merkur
Bmr Bomber Aircraft having bombing capability
Bn Battalion A unit size, roughly about 1,000 personnel

C Clear Weather table result
C/M Combat/motorized Units in armored vehicles
CAP Capacity How much
Cav Cavalry Combat units: some with horses, some motorized
Cbt Combat The battle
Cbt/Mtz Combat/motorized Units in armored vehicles, old style
CRT Combat Results Table The table that determines the effects of combat
CW Case White Europa VII, to be replaced by First to Fight

DE Defender Eliminated Ground combat result
DG Divisionsgruppe Obsolete unit size, replaced by CADRE
DH Defender Halved Ground combat result
Div Division A unit size, roughly 10,000 personnel
DNO Drang Nach Osten Europa I, 1st Europa game, 1973; revised as FitE
DR Defender Retreat Ground combat result

EBM Europa By Mail If you can imagine playing this by mail, here it is
EGSC E Gamers of Southern California A regrettably defunct Europa fanzine
EET Eliminated over Enemy Territory Air units destroyed over enemy territory
EFT Eliminated over Friendly Territory Air units destroyed over friendly territory
EPA Europa Players Association Dedicated, highly intelligent, good people
ETO European Theater of Operations Europe, Iceland, Scandanavia
E.T.O. ETO Unofficial newsletter about Europa
EX Exchange Ground combat result

F Frost Weather table result
"Fest" Europafest The Europa clan's annual gathering
FTF First To Fight Europa VII Collector Series, replaces Case White
FitE Fire In The East Europa I, replacing DNO
FoF Fall of France Europa VIII
Friwaftt A variation of runaway defense "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
Ftr Fighter Aircraft designation
FWBT For Whom the Bell Tolls Europa XIV, Spanish Civil War, developmenting

GA Group Allowance Number of pilots available at any given time
GDW Game Designers' Workshop Original Europa producer
GE Grand Europa Europa XVI
GRD Game Research Design Today's Europa producer

H Hit Bombing table result
HQ Headquarters Planning and preparations administrative center
HX Half Exchange Ground combat result

Inf Infantry The guys that have to take the hill
ISO Isolated A supply status used in the games

K Kill

JMA John M. Astell Europa deity Air combat result

LOC Line Of Communication Who you gonna call?

M Miss Bombing table result
M Mud Weather table result
MD Military District An assembly and training area in the Soviet Union
Mech Mechanized Units whose equipment includes armored vehicles
MM Marita-Merkur Europa III, replaced by Balkan Front
Mot Motorized Units transported by trucks
MP Movement Point Defines the distance a unit may move
MTO Mediterranean Theater of Operations: North Africa, Italy, Greece, Palestine, Iran, Iraq

NC No Change Weather table result
N&B Nuts and Bolts Newsletter merged with The Europa News
NAR Narvik Europa IV
NE No Effect Ground combat non-result
NE Near East Europa IX [module]
NTP Naval Transport Point Pass the Dramamine

OA Order of Appearance When units arrive
OB Order of Battle Units involved in a battle or campaign

P Poor Weather table result
PBEM Play by Electronic Mail I dream of GEnie

R Return Air combat and patrol attack result
RAW Rules As Written The way no one ever plays
RE Regimental Equivalent A unit size for game use
Regt Regiment A unit size, roughly 3,000 personnel
Rem Remnants What is left after the shooting stops
RP Replacement Point Number of factors that replenish manpower
RP Resource Point The stuff forts and airfields are made of

S Snow Weather table result
SP Spain and Portugal Europa X [module], to be replaced by FWBT
SBF Strategic Bombing Factor Bomb load of air units flying strategic missions
SE Scorched Earth Europa II [module], replaced Unentschieden
SMP Supply Movement Point Don't leave home without them
SPT Supported Units that have heavy weapons

TBF Tactical Bombing Factor Bomb load of air units flying tactical missions
TEA The Europa Almanac or "a drink with jam and bread?"
TEC Terrain Effects Chart Explains types and effects of terrain
TEM The Europa Magazine Today's Europa magazine
TEN The Europa Newsletter Old name of today's Europa magazine
TFH Their Finest Hour Europa V
TFJ Task Force Johnson Europa system demonstration team
Tk Tank Armored vehicle that breaks things and shoots
TOR Torch Europa XI
TU The Urals Europa XIII [module]

UBC Unit Breakdown Chart Chart to enable orderly unit disassembly
UIC Unit Identification Chart Shows different types of units used in the game
UNISO Unisolated A suppy state; or, we found chickens, now we eat
UNT Unentschieden Europa II, replaced by SE

VP Victory Point That which you need to win: the more, the better

W Poor (Winter) Weather table result WD Western Desert Europa VI
"WitD" War in the Desert Torch, Western Desert, and Near East combined
WK Wehrkreis German training and replacement district
WW A Winter War Europa XIV, Russo-Finnish war, developing now

ZOC Zone of Control The hexes around a unit which it controls