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## Connection
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Connect to `play.theforsakenlands.com` port `1848`.
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Aabahran supports GMCP (Generic MUD Communication Protocol), ANSI 16-color, and xterm 256-color. Any client you pick should support all three for the best experience.
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Or play instantly in your browser at [theforsakenlands.com/play](https://theforsakenlands.com/play). For more on how to play using the Webclient, see our [[Webclient Guide]].
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## Quick Comparison
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| [Web Client](#built-in-web-client) | Browser | ✓ | ✓ | Built-in |
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| [Mudlet](#mudlet) | Win, Mac, Linux | ✓ | ✓ | Active |
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| [TinTin++](#tintin) | Win, Mac, Linux, Mobile | ✓ | ✓ | Active |
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| [Blightmud](#blightmud) | Mac, Linux (Win via WSL) | ✓ | ✓ | Active |
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| [MUSHclient](#mushclient) | Windows | ⚠ | ✓ | Stable |
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| [BlowTorch](#blowtorch-android) | Android | ✓ | ✓ | Minimal |
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| [MUDBasher](#mudbasher-ios) | iOS | ? | ✓ | Active |
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✓ supported · ⚠ via plugin · ? unconfirmed
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## Built-in Web Client
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The fastest way to play. No download required, just visit [theforsakenlands.com/play](https://theforsakenlands.com/play) in any modern browser. Built on xterm.js with full GMCP, 256-color, and ANSI support.
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## Desktop Clients
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### Mudlet
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Cross-platform, powerful, free. Lua scripting, built-in 2D mapper with GMCP-driven automapping, aliases/triggers/timers, split-screen, MCCP2 compression, TLS/SSL, package system. Very active development and community. Recommended for most players.
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Windows, macOS, Linux. [mudlet.org](https://www.mudlet.org/download/)
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Terminal-based, extremely lightweight, deeply scriptable. Rich scripting language, regex triggers and aliases, automapper, split-screen. Runs in any terminal, including phones via Termux and iSH. The choice for players who live in the terminal.
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Windows (WinTin++), macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. [tintin.mudhalla.net](https://tintin.mudhalla.net/)
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Modern terminal client written in Rust, inspired by TinyFugue. Lua scripting, GMCP hooks, MCCP2, TLS/SSL, text-to-speech, plugin system, spellchecking. A solid alternative to TinTin++ for terminal users.
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macOS, Linux. Windows via WSL. [github.com/Blightmud/Blightmud](https://github.com/Blightmud/Blightmud)
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Long-standing Windows client with an extensive plugin ecosystem. Multi-language scripting (Lua, VBScript, JavaScript, Python), miniwindows for graphical overlays, MXP, MCCP, automapper via plugins. GMCP support comes from a plugin rather than the core. No longer actively developed but stable and functional.
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Windows. [gammon.com.au/mushclient](http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/)
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Free Android telnet client built for MUDs. MCCP, aliases, triggers, customizable buttons, portrait and landscape mode. Development has slowed but the app still works.
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Android. [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt)
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Spiritual successor to MUDRammer, rebuilt for modern iOS. 60fps rendering, VoiceOver accessibility, triggers and aliases with regex, TLS/SSL, radial quick-command controls. GMCP support is unconfirmed, so features like the minimap and vitals bars may not work.
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iOS (iPhone, iPad). [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mudbasher/id6755510450)
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