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Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:46 pm
Barrick, I get the feeling you've never played, or even seen, a paper & pencil RPG before. Let me give you the rundown, and accept my apologies in advance if you already know all this stuff.
A traditional, paper and pencil RPG is played with a group of other people, usually consisting of a Game Master (also known by other names) and two or more players. Before the Internet, people played this sort of game in person, which I suspect is still the most popular way to play. If you play online, you need to find out what rules the GM uses for die rolling before you create a character; in an in-person game, you generally roll your own dice, but online, where the GM can't see your rolls, he or she may expect to make your rolls for you.
Online games may be played in chat rooms (and thus in real time), or as a play-by-post on a forum (which is thus not real time). Sometimes, special game-specific chat programs are used.
One way or another, you need to make contact with someone to play with. As a newbie, your best bet is to find an established group willing to take you on. Sadly, if you want to play in person, you will probably not get to choose what game to play... but if you play online, it is very likely you can find an established Basic Fantasy game to join.
Good luck!