# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 399
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7964 "2021-11-12T15:58:59Z")
**Military Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7965 "2021-11-12T16:08:28Z")
**Military Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7966 "2021-11-12T16:38:46Z")
Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7967 "2021-11-12T16:44:57Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7968 "2021-11-12T16:47:28Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7969 "2021-11-12T16:56:27Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat Vertex ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7970 "2021-11-12T17:07:07Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat Vertex _Washington_, USS ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7971 "2021-11-12T17:23:15Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat Vertex _Washington_ , USS X-ray lasers, orbital ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7972 "2021-11-12T17:47:44Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat Vertex _Washington_ , USS X-ray lasers, orbital Yeoman ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7973 "2021-11-12T18:05:12Z")
**Military-Related Terms** Airborne Battalion Commissariat Destroyer E-3 Sentry FUBAR Guerilla warfare Helicopter gunships Iroquois UH-1H Helicopter (better known as the Huey) Jeep – how could it be anything else. K-rations Landing Craft Marine Corps National defense Officers Point Defense Quick Reaction Force Retreat Strategic bombing Tactical nuclear weapon U-boat Vertex _Washington_ , USS X-ray lasers, orbital Yeoman Zulu time next: **Goin’ Medieval** Abbots ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7974 "2021-11-12T18:07:10Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7975 "2021-11-12T18:45:43Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7976 "2021-11-12T18:48:53Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7977 "2021-11-12T18:58:49Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7978 "2021-11-12T19:00:40Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor Frankish ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7979 "2021-11-12T19:09:08Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor Frankish Grimoire ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7980 "2021-11-12T20:00:05Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor Frankish Grimoire Harlequin ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7981 "2021-11-13T02:37:59Z")
[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:7980, topic:846920, full:true”] **Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor Frankish Grimoire Harlequin Irene of Athens First regnant empress of the (Eastern)Roman Empire Nitpick: Grimoires date back to Hellenistic antiquity, and the harlequin didn’t appear until the Renaissance/Reformation. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7982 "2021-11-13T03:20:23Z")
**Goin’ Medieval** Abbots Benefice Chainmail Dungeons Edward the Confessor Frankish Grimoire Harlequin Irene of Athens Jester ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7983 "2021-11-13T14:59:49Z")
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