Kolokotroni |
You really need the precise amount of people the game calls for. If there are 8 characters you need 8 people, if there are 6 you need 6. Its really hard to do things otherwise as each character has key clues, and you cant fix it without ruining the surprise.
That said, if someone wants to be the writer or 'gm' they can take it upon themselves to simply host and not play in the game and move around clues (and even make improvements) to allow for a different number of people.
Shifty |
We used to play them about 10 years ago. They are a lot of fun we would dress up and decorate our house so it looked like the mystery .. When we had extra people they got dressed up as well and participated but weren't part of the story.
Same!
I even had a few friends who used to run them as a business for corporate groups etc. A good time had by all.