Module Code
Definitions
From the earliest modules up through the mid-1990's,
TSR used module codes which corresponded (usually) to either the modules'
theme, setting, or content. The system eventually got out of hand,
and was dropped. The module codes' commonly accepted definitions
are as follows (thanks to Brett
Easterbrook, Kent Kelly, and Paul Stormberg for help with this compilation):
| A | Aerie of the slave lords (or Advanced) |
| AC | ACcessory |
| ALQ | Al Qadim |
| B | Basic |
| BSOLO | Basic Solo |
| C | Competition |
| CA | City Adventure |
| CB | Conan the Barbarian |
| CGR | Character Guide Reference? |
| CM | CoMpanion |
| CN | CoNan (not for D&D) |
| D | Drow |
| DA | Dave Arneson |
| DDA | Dungeons & Dragons Adventure |
| DDREF | Dungeons & Dragons Reference |
| DL | DragonLance |
| DLA | DragonLance Adventure |
| DLC | DragonLance Classic |
| DLE | DragonLance Epic |
| DLQ | DragonLance Quest |
| DLR | DragonLance Reference |
| DLS | DragonLance Saga |
| DLT | DragonLance Tales |
| DMGR | Dungeon Masters Guide Reference |
| DMR | Dungeon Master's Reference |
| DQ | Dragon Quest |
| DSE | Dark Sun Epic? |
| DSM | Dark Sun Mission? |
| DSQ | Dark Sun Quest |
| DSR | Dark Sun Reference |
| DSS | Dark Sun Sourcebook |
| EX | EXtension |
| FA | Forgotten Realms Adventure |
| FMA | Forgotten Realms Maztica Adventure |
| FMQ | Forgotten Realms Maztica Quest |
| FOR | Forgotten Realms |
| FR | Forgotten Realms |
| FRA | Forgotten Realms Adventure |
| FRC | Forgotten Realms Companion (some say Computer) |
| FRE | Forgotten Realms Epic |
| FRM | Forgotten Realms Mission? |
| FROA | Forgotten Realms Oriental Adventures |
| FRQ | Forgotten Realms Quest |
| FRS | Forgotten Realms Sourcebook? |
| G | Giants |
| GA | General Adventure? |
| GAZ | GAZetteer |
| GDQ | Giants, Drow, Queen of the demonweb pits |
| GM | Game Master (not by TSR) |
| GR | General Reference |
| H | High level |
| HCM | Hebrew Companion Modules |
| HHQ | Head-to-Head Quest |
| HR | Historical Reference |
| HWA | Hollow World Adventure |
| HWQ | Hollow World Quest |
| HWR | Hollow World Reference |
| I | Intermediate level |
| IM | IMmortals |
| IQ | InQuest |
| L | Lendore isles (or Low level) |
| LC | Living City |
| LNA | Lankhmar / Newhon Adventures |
| LNR | Lankhmar / Newhon Reference |
| M | Master |
| MC | Monstrous Compendium |
| MSOLO | Marker SOLO (note: M2SOLO is confusingly labeled M2) |
| MV | Magic Viewer |
| N | Novice |
| O | One on one |
| OA | Oriental Adventures |
| OP | Outer Planes |
| PC | Player Character |
| PHBR | Player's HandBook Reference |
| Q | Queen of the demonweb pits |
| R | Role playing game association |
| RA | Ravenloft Adventure |
| REF | REFerence (REFeree?) |
| RM | Ravenloft Mission? |
| RPGA | Role Playing Game Association |
| RQ | Ravenloft Quest |
| RR | Ravenloft Reference |
| RS | Red Sonja (also Ravenloft Sourcebook) |
| S | Special |
| SJ | SpellJammer |
| SJA | SpellJammer Adventure |
| SJQ | SpellJammer Quest |
| SJR | SpellJammer Reference |
| SJS | SpellJammer Sourcebook |
| ST | Steam Train (Stoke on Trent?) |
| T | Temple of elemental evil (or Towers) |
| TM | Trail Map |
| U | Underwater |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| WG | World of Greyhawk |
| WGA | World of Greyhawk Adventure |
| WGM | World of Greyhawk Mission? |
| WGQ | World of Greyhawk Quest |
| WGR | World of Greyhawk Reference |
| WGS | World of Greyhawk Swords |
| X | eXpert |
| XL | eXpert Ljn (as in LJN figures) (or eXpert Licensed) |
| XS | eXpert Solo |
| XSOLO | eXpert SOLO |