"Your Playing Area Does Not Vary by Number of Players" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	23 Apr 2025 12:16 p.m. PST
You were asked – TMP link Do you adjust the size of the playing area depending on how many people are playing? 53% said "no" 33% said "yes"
Saber6	23 Apr 2025 4:09 p.m. PST
I strive for 3 feet of 'frontage' per player
John the OFM	23 Apr 2025 5:50 p.m. PST
Why would it?
Martin Rapier	23 Apr 2025 10:53 p.m. PST
For some of my games I can't physically fit more than six players around the table. If I'm running something for a dozen players, or more, they need a bit more room. I can't see how you wouldn't adjust table sizes?
robert piepenbrink	26 Apr 2025 2:53 p.m. PST
Pardon me. I've having these visions of (a) two players, one on each side of a 12' X 6' table or (b) a dozen wargamers crowded around a 3' square card table. Unless someone finds both of these two credible, I think the honest answer of the 53% is that normally the number of players doesn't vary much, and no one adjusts the regular table to go from five players to four, or from five players to six.

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