Term	Meaning
General
w/watch	Pay attention
inc	Incoming
w8	Wait
gb	Go back
rs/cor	Reincarnation site / circle of reincarnation
click in	Set “Ready?” to “Yes” in lobby
turn	The Populous engine advances the game every turn. A turn lasts 83.3… milliseconds = 1/12 of a second on the default speed.
tvb	Top vs. bottom (blue and red vs. yellow and green)
evo	Even vs. odd (blue and yellow vs. red and green)
ivo	Inner vs. outer (blue and green vs. red and yellow)
Spells
EQ	Earthquake
FS	Fire Storm
LB	Land Bridge
MS	Magic Shield
AoD	Angel of Death
invi	Invisibility
torn	Tornado
Units
troop	An unit which is not a brave or a shaman.
FW	Firewarrior
war	Warrior
man/men	Unit(s) which are not the shaman
Maps
PP	2 vs 2: The Beginning, Pressure Point. 1 vs 1: Asgard Worlds, Yggdrasil
Cr	The Beginning, Craters
FO	The Beginning, Face Off
DS	The Beginning, Dead Sea
ToT	The Beginning, Two on Two
EOTS	The Beginning, Eye of the Storm
Mechanics
Rush	To attack a player early into the game.
BD	Back door: A previously not existing path made out of land bridges to connect from one’s base to the back of the opponent’s base.
SD/Side	Side door: A previously not existing path made out of land bridges to connect from one’s base to the side of the opponent’s base.
DS	Double side: A back and side door on the same player at once.
FW rush / FW all in	To attack a player with many fire warriors, possibly patrolling around his/her reincarnation site.
Double	Two players attacking a player at once.
Stall	Send braves to the enemy shaman one by one, in an attempt to slow her down.
Troop	To perform an attack focusing on causing damage by using units as opposed to spells.
Troop rush	To early in the game, gather enough troops, quickly kill the enemy shaman and then attack.