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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1479014" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>After a certain number, it begins to get better. 1-2 is usually too few, but can work for some genres/settings/styles/scenarios. 3-4 works great, and is ideal for some genres/styles/settings, but on the light side for others. Around 5 or 6 players i find works great for other genres/settings/styles. Somewhere in the 6-7 range is where it starts to be too many, almost regardless of the game. And more players only makes it worse. until somewhere around 9 or 10. At that point, the game gets noticably better, and continues to get better through numbers of at least 15 or 17. But it's completely different from a small-group game (and, like other group sizes, simply won't work for certain genre/setting/style/scenario combinations). So, IME, big groups aren't a problem, and small groups aren't a problem--middle-sized ones are. They are big enough to have the flaws of big groups, but not big enough to have the strengths, and likewise for small groups. They're basically the worst of both worlds.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1479014, member: 10201"] After a certain number, it begins to get better. 1-2 is usually too few, but can work for some genres/settings/styles/scenarios. 3-4 works great, and is ideal for some genres/styles/settings, but on the light side for others. Around 5 or 6 players i find works great for other genres/settings/styles. Somewhere in the 6-7 range is where it starts to be too many, almost regardless of the game. And more players only makes it worse. until somewhere around 9 or 10. At that point, the game gets noticably better, and continues to get better through numbers of at least 15 or 17. But it's completely different from a small-group game (and, like other group sizes, simply won't work for certain genre/setting/style/scenario combinations). So, IME, big groups aren't a problem, and small groups aren't a problem--middle-sized ones are. They are big enough to have the flaws of big groups, but not big enough to have the strengths, and likewise for small groups. They're basically the worst of both worlds. [/QUOTE]

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