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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 7937690" data-attributes="member: 19270">First, it's tricky as a DM to know whether you've created stuff that only interests you, or that also interests them. Not every gamer wants to spend time walking down alleyways and talking to shopkeepers. They may simply feel the dungeon or the open road is the place to be. This comes with time. Even if gamers are your good friends, it'll be a journey to read what they enjoy the most.Second, every gamer wants something different from the game. Some players like an "f-around game" where you wander around and explore every nook and cranny. Others like a heroic, focused game (e.g. let's toss the One Ring in the volcano). Chat up your players to see what they like and adapt from there.Still, if your goal is to motivate your players to engage more in-town, plant hooks. The innkeep mentions someone's daughter went to the carnival and never came back, and the town guard won't investigate for some reason, so the local merchants have put together a fund to whoever can find her.</blockquote>