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Complete and Utter Confusement

Hi everyone! I'm really new to this site, and it would be really helpful if someone could explain to me what it means by 13 Age rpg, and Fire and Ice rpg, etc. It would be really helpful. Thanks!
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Those are just different game systems (i.e. rules). Others include Shadowrun, D&D, etc. Google about for their wiki articles to find out more about the particular system and setting.
To further simplify things: Roll20 isn't a game, it's a way to play games. There is no way to just play Roll20; people use Roll20's capabilities to play their own games in a framework that anyone can access. Like Canso said, within that framework, people can set up their own games based on rule systems such as Dungeons and Dragons or whatever they like. 13th Age rpg (Role Playing Game) is just one of those rule systems. The specific group of players in a specific instance of a Roll20 game will choose a ruleset and play their game using those rules; often the rules can be found online, but sometimes have to be purchased for use, either thru Amazon or something, or your Friendly Neighborhood Game Store. To join a specific game, you need to find a host (called a Game Master (GM) or Dungeon Master (DM) or Game Host (GH) or That Fat Guy With The Beard (ME) or any number of other titles) who has prepared an instance of Roll20 for their game. Usually they'll post in the Forums or in Looking For Group. From there, you post your interest and then, if accepted, they'll show you how to join their game (usually requires a special join link) and how to play. Hope that helps.
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Gauss
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Roll20 can handle most types of Role-playing games and many wargames as well. To help people find each other a number of the more commonly used games are listed. However, that list is not all inclusive. Decide which game you would like to play (such as Dungeons and Dragons or its variants), then find or create a campaign to play that game.
Ok, thank you! That was really confusing me!
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Stephen S.
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Clearly we need "Roll20 the Game". (That was in good fun and not directed at you Shannon... but at the community here... you just need to find you a group.)
Yes... yes we do! xD
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Stephen S.
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A mystical world with a benevolent overseer named "Gauss." And D20 rule-set of course.... something along those lines. This started tongue in cheek... but its not a bad idea.... super simple rules, one map, one encounter... designed to walk players through a simple RPG example and overview of Roll 20 features.
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Gid
Roll20 Team
Stephen S. said: This started tongue in cheek... but its not a bad idea.... super simple rules, one map, one encounter... designed to walk players through a simple RPG example and overview of Roll 20 features. Hmm... That's not a bad idea.
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Gauss
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Benevolent overseer? Surely you jest. I wonder if my players would think Im benevolent. :D
Perhaps he meant to say "Been Violent"? And yeah... a simple 'game' could work pretty well, couldn't it? Utilize things such as the die-roller, then attributes/abilities, then macros, then macros that refer to tokens' abilities... A simple map, then add things to the map, then use the GM layer somehow... work in tokens, movement, the turn tracker... making journal entries... everything? Could be packaged as a module in the marketplace, free of course... would need substantial internal documentation, designed to be 'played' by a single person with GM control. Would also need to be advertised, for want of a better term, to new Roll20 users; perhaps a default campaign already in their account when they sign up? Implementation may be different, but in concept it seems simple enough. Chop chop, Rugged Reroll is done, let's see this next folks!
Yay! I helped create an idea! xD I feel so childish.... everyone who's profile I looked at is, like, 20+....
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Gid
Roll20 Team
No worries, Shannon. We were all new once too.