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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 3285675" data-attributes="member: 2093">I was often playing/DMing at a game shop. Part of the reason I gamed there was to support the shop (I worked there part time as well as being friends with the owners). So I took as many people into the game as I could fit at the table. This meant 8-10 players (2nd Ed). It was chaotic, not as fun as it could have been, and sometimes led to real problems with end-table boredom, etc....But I AM proud of the fact that at age 20-25 I managed to control, entertain, and lead a group of 8-12 guys (I'm a woman) through an entertaining and interactive game session. I always had people eager to join the  group, and was always identified as one of the "good games" to join. It taught me a lot of people managing skills that have stood me in good stead for the rest of my  life. I'm now a teacher of small groups of diverse folks (public library computer classes) and I COULD NOT do it if it wasn't for the skills I learned at the DnD table.So, while I wouldn't do it again, was not particularly overjoyed to do it then, and think that four or five players are the perfect number (if only I could recruit one more now!), I do look back on that time as  a "feather in my cap".</blockquote>