Basic WWII Theme Setup

Hi everyone,  Let me begin by saying that I'm excited to get started with using Roll20 and happy to say this is what I've been looking for. What I'm essentially doing is writing an interactive novel with my friends - based upon the actions in game. While my focus is more on the actual writing aspect, I'm excited to create a basic game that I can mod to allow them to physically alter the story. Going to be a lot of work for me, but I think it's something neat to look back on. The story will fiction, but very close to a classic WWII theme - in fact, if the resources are there, a fictitious historical WWII story is fine by me.  Anyway, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction? I will devour tutorial videos, so I'm not too worried about physically creating the game - though pro tips are always welcome! So, any tips, links to applicable resources to use (most of the scenarios will be fighting, not so much peaceful interactions), or any ideas on how to implement such a game. My primary concern is just making the game look appropriate as the physical story I write is the important part (I'm excited because I know I'll script the game where players WILL die and have to create a new Private ranked recruit to start over with the same Army Company...but they won't know that they die in the story ;)

To get kicked off right, I'd suggest watching one or both of the introductory video series: 1) If you're absolutely brand new to RPGs and want to know the general idea of how they are played, which game to choose and then find a group of fellow gamers: Check out our Introduction to Tabletop RPGs series . 2) If you've played tabletop RPGs before and just want to get a understanding of how Roll20 can be used: Check out our Roll20 Crash Course . This is a step-by-step overview for creating your very first Roll20 game . This tutorial uses the Pathfinder RPG to frame itself, but it's not a system specific tutorial and you should be able to follow along without knowing one single thing about Pathfinder. Starting your own test game to play with the controls is an excellent way of getting used to the software, and you really can't break anything I promise! Feel free to ask any questions you have about Roll20 and post in the various forums on their particular topics (Don't stress about putting topics in the right sub-forums, we mods really don't mind moving topics when needed!) You might checkout the  Marketplace for art assets to use.