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splatbook

splatbook noun: one of a series of books for a roleplaying game, oriented towards players, each of which covers a specific group with further options for player characters in that group.

Noun

splatbook (plural splatbooks)

  1. One of a series of books for a roleplaying game, oriented towards players, each of which covers a specific group with further options for player characters in that group.
    • Speaking of redoing the splatbooks, soes^([sic]) anyone think there's a chance in hell that they're going to redo the werewolf tribebooks?1999, Erika CircuitBreaker, “Splatbooks”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet)
    • Even GURPS has put out splatbooks.2000, Deirdre M. Brooks, “The 'NEW" Star Wars RPG”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet)

Forms of splatbook

pluralsplatbooks

Origin of splatbook

From splat + book, from the tendency for all the books in the series to be named uniformly, with only the name of the group varying. See splat (“asterisk”), a symbol used as a wildcard in computing.

Questions about splatbook

What does splatbook mean?
Splatbook means one of a series of books for a roleplaying game, oriented towards players, each of which covers a specific group with further options for player characters in that group.
What part of speech is splatbook?
Splatbook is a noun.
What is the plural of splatbook?
The plural of splatbook is splatbooks.

Words near splatbook in the dictionary

  1. splat maps
  2. splat mat
  3. splat mats
  4. Splat Pack
  5. Splatatouille
  6. splatbook
  7. splatbooks
  8. splatch
  9. splatched
  10. splatcher
  11. splatchers

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