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<blockquote data-quote="Eosin the Red" data-source="post: 1273667" data-attributes="member: 168">I used to have the same problem in my homebrew game. I quit trying to shove it down their throats and instead introduced the setting just like you would introduce a TV show. Week by week new things would crop up...new words that the players did not understand. They started to ask questions about how the Great Fellowship and the Order of Nine Stars were related to each other and how come all the mages from one order carried these little stones?I had made dozens of hand outs that never got read....cool timelines with the same results. It was not until the players were hooked on the game that the setting became important. The best way to get them interested is to get the character interested....the player will follow. Even with that, 2 of the seven PCs could not name more than 3 of the gods in my homebrew or explain how magic is different. The big thing is to avoid &quot;forcing&quot; the players to do anything that feels like work or homework.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eosin the Red, post: 1273667, member: 168"] I used to have the same problem in my homebrew game. I quit trying to shove it down their throats and instead introduced the setting just like you would introduce a TV show. Week by week new things would crop up...new words that the players did not understand. They started to ask questions about how the Great Fellowship and the Order of Nine Stars were related to each other and how come all the mages from one order carried these little stones? I had made dozens of hand outs that never got read....cool timelines with the same results. It was not until the players were hooked on the game that the setting became important. The best way to get them interested is to get the character interested....the player will follow. Even with that, 2 of the seven PCs could not name more than 3 of the gods in my homebrew or explain how magic is different. The big thing is to avoid "forcing" the players to do anything that feels like work or homework. [/QUOTE]

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