I want to get into TTRPGs (Cyberpunk 2020, DnD,etc.), but I’m completely clueless as how to navigate the topic.

  • I know I have to find a group of people to play with

  • I don’t have any minis, dice, free table for playing…, would I need to get anything of that? Could Google dices do the trick?

  • How is it played? What is the cycle of a one-shot/adventure/campaign? How does the role-playing happen, taking turns between DM and players? Do the players tell an action their character is doing and the DM says wether it’s allowed, wether they have to roll dice, or tells them what happens next?

  • @[email protected]
    5•10 days ago

    Here’s the easy way.

    • Buy a D&D players handbook
    • Buy a set of polyhedral dice.
    • Read through the book, see what looks cool to play as. I advise your first character be a Fighter, as the rules for fighters are generally the least complex in most RPGs.
    • Find a group.
    • @AnAustralianPhotographer
      2•10 days ago

      You mightnt even have to buy a book. Im pretty sure a DND players handbook was published under a creative commons license about 2 years ago.

      Maybe OP can buy one when they find a group and system they like.

        • @AnAustralianPhotographer
          2•10 days ago

          Thanks for the link, that’s pretty much what I was thinking of, but I remember reading at ‘the other place’ about downstream creators being upset about features of a new license (open gaming license?) that could have insisted on a cut of revenue from 3rd party packages, so wizards published a copy of their handbook under an open license. I was meant to read it cover to cover one day, but that day hasn’t arrived. hope OP gets the chance to though.