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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 6234114" data-attributes="member: 20307">As much as buy-in from the players is concerned: exepect nothing and you won't be disappointed.This reflects my experiences with my players, of course.I once handed them hardcopies of the Ptolus Player's Guide to prepare for the campaign: one really read it, two glanced over it, the other two showed no trace of ever opening it.I once founded a Yahoo group for all things regarding a campaign: I stopped it after writing some ten messages with just one short reply from one player.I tried to organize information using e-mail: I usually get close to no replies, remaining in the dark about who actually read it.Just today I talked with [MENTION=94712]Lindeloef[/MENTION] about using Obsidian portal for a shared campaign we're planning; he is not very optimistic about possible participation of the players, who are a completely different set of people.Thinking about the topic in this context, a possible solution may be to break down the material into tiny bits and give it to player(s) asking for it. While it's probably no less work than writing up the complete stuff, I feel it's more likely to acutally be used that way.</blockquote>