Onyx Path: Episode 169: How to Hook New Players!

[Matt]

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew discuss the best ways to get players hooked to your games!

• The origins of Salacious Crumb
• Bloody UPS
• Story Hooks WAS our subject matter and here’s how it WOULD have gone
• The challenge of writing scenarios that cater to the players’ personal expectations
• “Calling an audible” on your game
• Not liking something without being insulting
• Attaching oneself to a clan
• Building investment into characters
• Changing Eclipse Phase and They Came from Beneath the Sea! on the fly
• Playing characters with limited dialogue / social skills
• Dixie’s goblins
• Using empathy in your stories
• We all go a little Dick Van Dyke

Links:

Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition: https://www.eclipsephase.com
They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/300642/They-Came-From-Beneath-the-Sea
Star Wars RPG: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/starwarsrpg/
Dungeons & Dragons: https://dnd.wizards.com/
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk