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The Roll20 Virtual Tabletop

Getting Started

In-App Tutorial for GMs: Roll20 has a built-in tutorial straight in the app to familiarize new GMs to the Roll20 platform
Introduction to tRPGs: Never played a tabletop RPG before, but would like to know how? This video series should help bring a new gamer up to speed.
Video and Voice Chat: How to get video and voice chatting set up in a Roll20 Game
Playing in Google+ Hangouts: A Walkthrough of how to run Roll20 with a Google+ Hangout
Code of Conduct: The official Roll20 Code of Conduct expected on our site.
Forum Posting: A walkthrough on how navigate and post on our official forums
Keyboard Shortcuts Reference: Our list of keyboard shortcuts for experienced users
Changelog: A list of all major revisions and updates to the Roll20 Platform
Game Management: How to create, organize, and manage your games
- Game Settings Page

The User Interface

The Roll20 Interface is broken down into four sections:

1. The Tabletop: This is the largest portion of the playspace. This is where you set up your battle maps or board game play mats and where you'd place your tokens or meeples. You can also use it as a dry erase board.

2. The Tabletop Toolbar: This toolbar on the left side of the Tabletop lists the various tools used for moving art assets, drawing, writing, measurement, rolling, and other that affect or interact with the Tabletop in some fashion.

3. The Page Toolbar: When you click on the little tab on the top of the screen, this pulls down the Page Toolbar. This is where you can store multiple scenes (Pages) for the Tabletop and bounce players between them.

4. The Sidebar: Lastly is the Sidebar on the right side of the screen. This has multiple tabs that manage the in-game chat, music/audio, character sheets and handouts, and Roll20's settings.

The Tabletop

The Page Toolbar

The Tabletop Toolbox

The Sidebar

Gameplay

Rolling Dice

Tips

See all Tips and Tricks »

Troubleshooting

System Guides

See all System Specific Guides »

Beyond the Application

Your Games and Content

Image Best Practices for Roll20

Finding A Group

Broadcasting your Games

Site Policy

Subscriber Features

Subscription Page: A list of our subscription tiers, their perks, and how to upgrade your account.
Roll20 Plus & Pro Subscription FAQ

Custom Sheet Creation

Building Character Sheets: The How-To for making your own character sheets (for Pro Subscribers Only)
- Sheet Worker Scripts: An advanced feature of the Character Sheets system which allows the sheet author to specify JavaScript which will execute during certain events, such as whenever the values on a sheet are modified.
- Roll Templates: These are a special facet of the Character Sheets system which provide additional layout and styling options for the display of roll results.
Beginner's Guide to GitHub: How to upload a character sheet for community use
Character Sheet i18n: How to set up your Sheet to be easily translated into other languages

Roll20 API Content

A Pro Subscriber benefit, the Roll20 API allows users to write their own scripts which alters many of the default processes of Roll20.

Getting Started

API Reference

Cookbook (Examples)

Community Scripts

Script Index

See all API Pages »

Character Sheets

This section explains how character sheets work within Roll20 as well as provide guides for some of the available community sheets.

Character Sheet Basics: How to add a character sheet to a campaign
Building Character Sheets: How to go about building a character sheet
- Adding Sheet Workers: How to add Javascript Sheet Workers for enhanced functionality
- Adding Roll Templates: How to design Roll Templates to make your sheet output awesome
- Adding Multi-Language Support: How to setup your sheet for Internationalization