For Players

This is an attempt to make a list of useful resources to help with solving puzzles that appear in many ARGs.

The goal here is for the majority of them to be online , but in some cases they will be software based.

## Crypto

* Briangle can solve substitution ciphers using a keyword, where the key does not have to be 26 letters without repeats
* Quipqiup is a fast and automated cryptogram solver . It can solve simple substitution ciphers, including puzzles like cryptoquips (in which word boundaries are preserved) and patristocrats (inwhi chwor dboun darie saren t).
* Multi-Dec - Has several crypto tools some of them in a format that allow several possibilities at the same time , created by Chris Baumann
* Rumkin - One of the most used by people trying to solve ciphers due to the large amount of tools it has
* DCode.fr - A collection of tools in both French and English including a Ceaser Cipher decoder that shows all 25 shifts at once
* Yellowpipe - Another collection of tools , with some nice ones like the ROT that does all 25 at once
* Text Filter - Online Text Tools,Text Editors, Text utilities, browser based.
* The Black Chamber - Has a nice collection of diferent kinds of encryptions with an explanation on they work , followed by a tool that can help solve it
* Codebreaking - Some detailed explanations on some ciphers work with tools to help
* Cryptocrack - CryptoCrack is a classical cipher solving program and it is freeware
* Rot13 (rot-n) encoder decoder - Allows diferent Rot shifts and has a collection of related sites
* Rotation Encryption - Another site with diferent rotation possibilities.
* Universal Enigma - A solver for the famous ENIGMA machine
* Navy M3/M4 Enigma Machine Emulator
* Solitaire - used to solve Solitare/ Pontifex cyphers
* Braingle - A large collection of cypher solvers with an explanation on how they work
* Bion's Gadgets - Yet another large collection of cyphers with their solvers
* Crypto Club - a simple collection of crypto tools
* Rot tool - Allow rotation of a full text numbers included
* Decode Ingress toolset
* Dcode
* CrypTool-Online
* Multi Encoder - Decoder
* Tap code - Simple code used by prisioners
* Ritz- Several decoder and encoder tools
* Cryptii- Another colection of several tool for decode/encode which include the enigma machine
* PGP word list

## Encoding

* Unicode Lookup is an online reference tool to lookup Unicode and HTML special characters, by name and number
* Codepoints - Codepoints.net is dedicated to all the characters, that are defined in the Unicode Standard
* HxD - An Hex Editor Software
* XVI32 - A Windows based Hex editor software
* Xor Files - freeware that allows enconding using Xor

## Converter

* coders toolbox - Has a couple of converters that are not found easily anywhere online
* Xlate - Converts between many formats like ASCII, decimal, Hex, Base64, etc
* Asciitohex - Similar to Xlate
* Ascii Table - Because sometimes just having a reference and doing by hand works better
* Megaconverter 2 - Allows conversions between a lot of diferent units
* Unit Conversion - Great for converting between all those bases
* Net Force - Some computer conversion tools . One highlight is the ASCII Shift one
* Unit Converter - Unit metrics converter and moment of force converter.
* Tools 4 Noobs - Another set of computer converters like the ASCII 85
* unicode converter
* EBCDIC Code Converter - allows conversion between ASCII and EBCDIC
* Online Conversion- convert time mass , pretty much a ginat list of diferent items can be converted
* Convert Case- Convert from caps to non caps and other text look changes

## Video

* 9xbuddy - Simply The Best Online Downloader! Support tons of website.
* Clip Converter - allows download and convertion of videos from youtube and other video websites
* Deturl - Same as Clip Converter
* Download YouTube Captions - A set of instructions on hw to obtain the subtitles of a youtube video without having to download them
* ViYoutube - Type "vi" into a youtube URL before the "youtube.com" to download it.
* VDyoutube - allows download of videos from several platforms
* Avidemux - A free video editing software that runs on Windows, Mac or Linux.
* Screencast-o-matic  - A quick way of recording your screen
* YT2MP3 - Super Fast MP4/MP3 Converter.
* Savedeo - Yet another video downloader this with a very large amount of supported websites
* Convert2MP3 - YouTube to MP3 Converter and Downloader
* 2conv - extract audio from youtube videos into mp3
* Tik Tok Video Downloader
* Pinterest Video Downloader
* Dailymotion Video Downloader
* Tik Tok Video Downloader
* Pinterest Video Downloader
* Dailymotion Video Downloader

## Audio

* Morse Code Translator - Allows both converting written morse to text and text to audio morse
* Phonetic Alphabet - The code used by the military
* DTMF tones - Can translate from an audio file DTMF tones
* RX-SSTV - a SSTV software for windows
* Sonic visualiser - software to see spectogram of audio files

## Image

* ImgOps - Allows some quick changes in images and checks for hidden info
* Pixlr - A quite complete online image editor
* Photoshop Editor - A simplified version of Photoshop available online
* LunaPic - A simple image editor
* Silent Eye - SilentEye is a cross-platform application design for an easy use of steganography
* JPHS and 4t HIT Mail Privacy LITE 1.01 - 2 Windows based Steganography programs
* OpenPuff - a professional steganography tool
* Jeffrey's Exif Viewer - A website that allows to examine the EXIF information in a large variety of formats
* Find exif - Another EXIF viewer
* Tiny Eye - A reverse image search engine
* Google Image Search - one of the most used image search. Also known as GIS
* Shapecatcher- Allows to recgnize unicode characther by drawing them. Very ueful with runes

## Anagram / Hangman solvers

* Design215 Word Finder - A great anagram solver that can help you if there are letters missing
* Andy Anagram Solver - Has some great dictionaries to try and solve anagrams
* Free Online Anagram Solver
* The Hangman Solver - It can be useful in doing crossword and anagram puzzles as well
* Iterative Anagram Solver
* Wordsmith Anagram solver
* A2zWordFinder - Solves anagrams in several languages
* Best for puzzles - allows to look for words with a certain lenght , certain letters and in certain subjects.

## Vocabulary

* One Look is a online dictionary that allows to search words that are related to certain terms
* Omniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages.
* Google Translate - a powerful always improving tool owned by Google
* Babel Fish - No need to stick it in your ear, it works quite well in your browser
* Write in Runes - allows to write messages using elder Futhark
* Kanji by Radicals - allows to ID kanji characters step by step
* Online Hieroglyphics Translator - allows to translate from english to Hieroglyphics

## Online Encyclopedias

* Wikipedia - The most famous one
* Encyclopedia Britannica - A classic now online
* Encyclopedia - it is a search engine that looks in over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries

## Geolocation

* Google Maps - We all use it so explanation unnecessary
* Bing Maps - Microsoft alternative to Google Maps
* HERE maps - formerly Nokia Maps, really good alternative to Google/Bing -Maps

## Misc.

* World Flag Database
* Online MD5 a MD5 and SHA1 generator
* DialABC - DialABC lets you find words in phone numbers and even find touch tones in audio clips.