warcraft

plural warcrafts

1. uncountableThe art or skill of conducting a war.
2. countableA warship.

1. abbreviationellipsisvideo gamesEllipsis of World of Warcraft.

   Not overly excited about the MMORPG Warcraft, Ray

   2001 September 1, Ray Marden, “VIA! VIA!! VIA!!!”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025

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   I'm EverQuested out!!!!! I've heard so much good about Warcraft that I would like to try it out. With all the different versions of software titles, expansion packs, add-ons, etc. I don't know what I need to get started playing Warcraft.

   2005 May 30, Rob, “I want to play Warcraft ... where do I begin?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025

   For ME the biggest problem I have with MMORPGs like Warcraft is probably what a lot of the players like about it. It isn't very (read: not at all) role-play oriented. […] I am not totally against Warcraft. From what I've played of it I actually like it.

   2008 January 30, tofr...@gmail.com, “Internet vs the Table, or Warcraft vs. D&D”, in KY Campaigns (Google Groups), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025

   Some of you will see parallels to computer games there, especially MMOs like Warcraft that have buttons on cooldowns.

   2008 March 25, WotC_Dave, “The Colors of 4e”, in Gleemax; quoted in fabio milito pagliara, “QUARTA edizione 4th - color coded for your convenience”, in it.hobby.giochi.gdr.dnd (Usenet), 25 March 2008, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025

   In this new world, you'll probably want somewhere to rest your head too. No longer will that place be a tavern or noisy capital city. Warlords of Draenor introduces player housing to Warcraft.

   2013 November 8, Matt Purslow, “World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor catapults all players to level 90, features Outland pre-fiery death”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: Network N Media, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013

   I started playing a game called RuneScape and one of my friends told me there's a much better game out there, called Warcraft. I was a mage gnome -- and yes I bounced around everywhere!

   2016 June 3, Richard Trenholm, quoting Selina Pound, “Memories of Warcraft: Fans including Duncan Jones remember their WoW experiences”, in CNET, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2022

   Synonyms: WoW