Best with (party size)

[PastrySandwich]

I realize you can play with a varied amount, but in people's experience at what party size is this game best at?

[Xuande]

Haven't played yet outside of larger Twitch rooms, but I can say based on what I've seen that having 5-6 is likely the "worst" player count. All players except the Monarch (who bought the game) are split evenly among three factions and have important voting weight. So if some factions only have 1 vote while others have 2, I imagine that would feel pretty bad for the lower vote factions.

Past around 10 or so players, I doubt this matters too much. So try to aim for either exactly 4 or 7 players if you're shorthanded and can.

[VoCaL]

Out of 3 playthrough, I would say 9 players (excluding the monarch) is great. Try making the number of players on each team to be odd number so that if the vote is evenly matched, there will be a last player as deciding factor.