D&D 5E (Poll) I play 5e, and there are X players at the table.

[Stalker0]

I've seen some polls on this in the past, but most of them were more general, and I could use a 5e datapoint.

So the poll question: Assuming you play 5e (and please don't respond if you don't), how many players are at your table. Here are some specific notes:

• 5e only. If your group does not play 5e, then please do not respond to this poll.
• DO NOT include the DM. This is players only.
• Assume everyone is in attendance for this number.
• If you have remote players, please include them for your number (at the table is just meant as an expression).
• If your group does any kind of rotating system (where its different players at the table each session), then please just use the max number of players at the table in any given session.

Thank you for your assistance.

 

[J.Quondam]

For those with multiple groups, do you want total players in all groups, or max players in one group, or something else?

edit: Ah, I guess that fits under your fourth bullet point.

 

[ad_hoc]

This poll is completely meaningless in finding out what the player count of the 5e player base is.

You're only going to find out what the player count is of people who post on this forum, see this post, and want to respond to it.

We are far from the norm.

 

[jmartkdr2]

I'm in multiple groups. The largest tops out at 7 pcs, so that's how I voted.

 

[Maxperson]

I'm DMing and I have 4 players.

 

[not-so-newguy]

I had to limit my table to 6. A few more wanted to join, but I have a tough time managing things beyond 6 players.

 

[overgeeked]

As a DM: my current West Marches game has 13 players. A previous WM game had 13. A WM Ravenloft game I ran had 16. A previous Curse of Strahd game had 7. Another regular game with 7. None of the players were repeats from any of the games.

As a player: the campaign I played in had 7 players.

 

[Mort]

As I suspected, 4-6 are fairly close, while the other numbers have much smaller amounts (will see how that holds, I suspect it will). I've found 4-6 to be the sweet spot both from a balancing the #s perspective and a player engagement perspective.

 

[Stalker0]

As I suspected, 4-6 are fairly close, while the other numbers have much smaller amounts (will see how that holds, I suspect it will).

hehe way way way too soon to draw any conclusions. That number of votes is so low, that the margin for error wipes out any conclusions you could draw.

 

[Ath-kethin]

My favorite group size in 5e is 3 PCs and me, the DM. It allows more personal stories and the group can still handle most stuff pretty easily.

Technically I still have a group like that playing, though these days we actually play about once every 6 weeks.