I am just going to keep commenting this in this meme sub until I get a satisfactory answer... Is there a place to watch DND games and learn about it for the DND curious? My only friends who would play with me are all an airplane trip in various directions, so I can't just jump in.
If you just want to watch people play, there's tons of shows. Critical Role is the most famous - just keep your expectations for an actual game a bit lower, the people on the show are professionals and they are there primarily to make a good show and not just to have fun with each other.
They also have a series of short videos called Handbooker Helper where they explain different aspects of the game.
If you want to learn the mechanics interactively, I'd recommend you pick up Solasta: Crown of the Magister. It's a 5e based video game that explains the mechanics quite well imo. It's also played on a 3D grid, which is most likely how you will play the game irl. It's also available on Xbox Game Pass, with crossplay with Steam and a great co-op mode with up to 4 players. Baldur's Gate 3 is coming out in early August (on PC at least), which is also based on 5e but I'm not sure how well it explains the rules. It will probably be a great RPG experience though.
If your town has a comic book store go there and ask the owner of there are any scheduled games or where people play. They'll know.
Then just go and say you want to sit in
I'd suggest watching any Critical Role campaign, or if you're more of a podcast guy listening to DnDnD.
Depending on the game, you don't even have to customize it yourself. There's a 3rd party Dungeon Ancestry for PF2
