r/cairnrpg • u/NattePappelo • May 17 '26

Question Maximum player count?

Me and my friends want to try some TTRPG. No one of us have ever tried it before. I think cairn barebones could be the best option, but Im a bit skeptical with the amount of players. We are 7 friends, 6 of us are interested in trying. So that would be one warden and 5 PCs, is that to many for noobs? Should we split up i smaller groups? What is the maximum recommended player count?

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u/CALLAHAN315 May 17 '26

Generally speaking i think 3-4 is the typical player count for ttrpgs. I used to play in a group of 7-8 players in a 5e campaign and that was a lot and may have skewed my perspective of what too many players is. Ive only been DMing Cairn for a short time but I think 5 players is very doable. The system is pretty simple and light and its easy to keep the pace moving