Find yourself a MUD (something like www.dsl-mud.org), which is a text based DND type game, and start learning how to capture text and automate in game actions.

Find yourself a MUD (something like www.dsl-mud.org), which is a text based DND type game, and start learning how to capture text and automate in game actions. Just by trying to automate something like character creation rolls, you'll learn a lot.