New in genral

Firstly if is the wrong area i apologize in advance. Basically said i'm new to D&D as a whole but have had interest for a very long time. Have tried to set up campaign's with friend's but always fails. So what i'm here asking is two thing's. Player material's i would need to read etc etc"Where does the novice start to get started" And i just found this site by chance competently clueless how do i go about setting up a player sheet joining a campaign and all that good stuff. I'm sure i'm coming off completely noob sounding but very much so interested in getting into it. Anyway thank's in and advance and if this is posted in the wrong area let me know i'll remove it

Start here After running through the ten videos you will at least have an idea of what the app. can do for you. I generally start with a low dive with continuous entertainment. Put 20 NPCs in a bar and make a facts/lies table with about 20 story hooks, have the characters go through an hour in the bar and just expand on the facts/lies and add a double helping of B.S., next go write four or five scenes(could be dungeons, or whatever) related to your facts/lies table. Now put the group together in the bar with the NPCs and add another large serving of B.S., stir until confused. Now they have some ideas of where to go, and get some experience & wealth. Just continue to add to your facts/lies and extract interesting scenes from the resultant stew. Players will find links between unrelated B.S. and build fantasies in their heads to fill out the stories. Listen to the characters, they will write most of it for you. Good luck, alevans