History FunWithAcronyms / TabletopGames

* The original release of ''UsefulNotes/{{Fate}}'' stood for "UsefulNotes/{{FUDGE}} Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment", then replaced "FUDGE" with "Fantastic" in the second edition. At some point around ''Fate 3.0'' and ''Fate Core'', the title stopped being an acronym.

* Following a 2023 controversy over Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast announcing they planned to retire the original version of the UsefulNotes/D20System Open Game License, Creator/{{Paizo}} announced they would be collaborating with several other game companies to create a truly irrevocable open-source license titled the Open RPG Creative License--the "[[OurOrcsAreDifferent ORC]] License" for short.

** Subverted in ''TabletopGame/GURPSIlluminatiUniversity'', which stands for Illuminati University. People asking what the ''O'' stands for are told they're not cleared to know.

** Subverted in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS IOU}}'', which stands for Illuminati University. People asking what the ''O'' stands for are told they're not cleared to know.

* The original release of ''TabletopGame/{{Fate}}'' stood for "TabletopGame/{{FUDGE}} Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment", then replaced "FUDGE" with "Fantastic" in the second edition. At some point around ''Fate 3.0'' and ''Fate Core'', the title stopped being an acronym.

** In the main setting, there's a famous suit of PoweredArmor called the '''S'''trategic '''A'''rmored '''M'''ilitary '''A'''ssault '''S'''uit. Presumably it lets you [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} hit like a girl]].

* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' comedy expansion Unstable has a group called the Agents of S.N.E.A.K., which different cards claim stands for "'''S'''erious, '''N'''onstop '''E'''spionage '''a'''nd '''K'''idnapping", "'''S'''ilent '''N'''injas '''E'''vading '''A'''ny '''K'''apture", "'''S'''inister '''N'''erds '''E'''liminating '''A'''ll '''K'''nowledge", "'''S'''killed, '''N'''otably '''E'''fficient '''A'''ssassin-'''K'''ickers", "'''S'''pies '''N'''imbly '''E'''luding '''A'''dversaries' '''K'''nives", and "'''S'''ubpar, '''N'''otoriously '''E'''vil '''A'''gent '''K'''illers".

* The '''''A'''dventure '''G'''ame '''E'''ngine'' system's name appears to have been backronymed from ''TabletopGame/DragonAge''. Other settings include ''Modern AGE'' and ''Fantasy AGE''.

* ''Monsters And Other Childish Things'' has the '''M'''onster '''I'''nvestigation '''B'''ureau, which is tasked with capturing and studying what they call '''B'''iological '''E'''xtraterrestrial '''M'''erchandise -- if you don't get the second one, that more typically stands for '''B'''ug '''E'''yed '''M'''onster.

* ''Shadowrun'' has '''S.U.R.G.E.''', '''Su'''dden '''R'''ecessive '''G'''ene '''E'''mergence, an odd phenomena characterized by the sudden expression of recessive genes, often triggered by manastorms. This can result in anything from LittleBitBeastly, to BeastMan, to PlantPeople. The scientists still haven't figured out quite why animal traits are common. They also copied the '''S'''ystem '''I'''dentification '''N'''umber from Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy''. There's also the '''G'''rid '''O'''verwatch '''D'''ivision which keeps a tight watch on the matrix, always trying to capture or take out hackers. The heads of their subdivisions for each grid are even known as "demi[=GOD=]s".

* The HYDRA-type organisation is the '''S'''ecret '''H'''ierarchy of '''A'''gents for '''D'''omination '''O'''ver the '''W'''orld. The MirrorUniverse Anti-Earth has its GoodCounterpart '''L'''iberty's '''I'''nsurgency for '''G'''oodness, '''H'''ope and '''T'''ruth, and the AlternateTooniverse Ani-Earth is home to the '''S'''inisterly '''N'''amed '''A'''cronym for '''K'''eeping '''E'''veryone '''S'''uspicious, because SnakesAreSinister.

* The ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' setting features the cartoon-themed alternate universe Ani-Earth, which is home to the organization '''S'''inisterly '''N'''amed '''A'''cronym for '''K'''eeping '''E'''veryone '''S'''uspicious.

* ''Shadowrun'' has '''S.U.R.G.E.''', '''Su'''dden '''R'''ecessive '''G'''ene '''E'''mergence, an odd phenomena characterized by the sudden expression of recessive genes, often triggered by manastorms. This can result in anything from LittleBitBeastly, to BeastMan, to PlantPeople. The scientists still haven't figured out quite why animal traits are common. They also copied the '''S'''ystem '''I'''dentification '''N'''umber from Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy''.

* ''Shadowrun'' has '''S.U.R.G.E.''', '''Su'''dden '''R'''ecessive '''G'''ene '''E'''mergence, an odd phenomena characterized by the sudden expression of recessive genes, often triggered by manastorms. This can result in anything from LittleBitBeastly, to PettingZooPeople, to BeastMan, to PlantPeople. The scientists still haven't figured out quite why animal traits are common. They also copied the '''S'''ystem '''I'''dentification '''N'''umber from Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy''.

** Subverted in ''TabletopGame/GURPsIOU'', which stands for Illuminati University. People asking what the ''O'' stands for are told they're not cleared to know.

** Subverted in ''GURPS IOU'', which stands for Illuminati University. People asking what the ''O'' stands for are told they're not cleared to know.

* ''TabletopGames/{{Rifts}}'' Chaos Earth has the '''N'''orthern '''E'''agle '''M'''ilitary '''A'''lliance

* There is an {{Earthdawn}} adventure titled '''T'''error '''I'''n '''T'''he '''S'''kies.