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Welcome to the Roll20 Community Wiki! The Wiki is the central repository of information about Roll20, including the Roll20 Documentation, community-provided tips and tricks, guides for using Roll20 with your favorite tabletop game, and more.
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<big>''This is the '''Roll20 [[About:Community Wiki|Community Wiki]]'''. For Official Documentation, see the [https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us Help Center]''</big>
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=Roll20 Community Wiki=
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==Getting Started==
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* '''[[Introduction to TTRPGs]]:''' Never played a tabletop RPG before, but would like to know how? This video series should help.
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* '''[https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360039223834-Roll20-Crash-Course Roll20 Crash Course]'''
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* '''[[Basics|Roll20 Basics]]'''
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==The [[User Interface]]==
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'''1.[[Tabletop Overview|The Tabletop]]'''
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===Roll20 Documentation===
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* '''[[Introduction_To_Tabletop_RPGs|Introduction to RPGs]] -- a guide to absolute beginners to Tabletop RPGs
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'''Rolling Dice'''
 
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* [[How to Roll Dice]]
 
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'''Finding A Group'''
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