Anyone keeper out there played MOM with a larger group that 4 investigators???

would love to hear what you did different to handle the players?

if the game when faster or slower?

what the biggest game someone has ran ?

yosefbender said:

The biggest game I believe was with 6 investigators. It was Blood Ties and I burned everything because some unlucky soul mis-casted Shriveling spell and added a fire token into the caverns. I have also played a couple games with 5 players. I don't gloat about it because it seems easier to kill larger groups than smaller, especially if you can place lots of tokens because balance is an issue once you cover the map with them. However, some maps may be easier than others when there is a plethora of investigators, but I seldom get the chance to see an angry mob. Most my games are 2 to 3 victims, erm, investigators-large.

Tromdial said:

That's an interesting point, Tromdial. I thought it could be so, but wasn't sure, since I've always played 4 investigator games. But most of the times I see large groups with at least one investigator "free". 3 investigator should be able to cover the whole map without leaving characters with "nothing to do" turns. Plus, this forces the Keeper to gain tokens at a slower pace, The more investigators you add (after a certain number), the more inevitable their doom seems to me. 6 investigators means 6 threats / round and this implies an impressive chance of being butchered very soon

I read somewhere on the BGG forums that you should cap the thread gain at some point. Maybe 5 or maybe you should leave it at 4. Can't remember exactly.

Ran an 8 players(+me as a Keeper) game once. Was a custom modded Blood Ties, with 4v4 investigators. First group was the Blood relative and his friends, trying to solve the mystery and free the mansion from the curse, and second one was the Uncle's friend and his hired brigands searching everything around for valuables and not wishing well to the Blood relative in same time. Everything went better through the game, as no story choices was picked and all depended on how players perform in the game.

So it sounds like with the right preperation it can be done

no one said time wise if the game went longer or shorter ??

yosefbender said:

It can be done. I would pick certain maps in particular though, chiefly Green-Eyed Boy and Inner Sanctum probably would work best with a large group.

Time length should be a tad longer, as you are adding more players. However, exploration is much faster and the Keeper is given 5 or more threat at a time, considerably empowering his or her odds at winning faster (supposedly); in other words, it may be as fast as playing within suggested player limit.

We played a couple of rounds with 5 investigators and one with 6. I felt like 5 is still somehow balaced, maybe depending on the map, but it breaks pretty fast with 6 investigators (the amount of threat is ridiculous).

I think the investigators tend to spread out and thin out more when in larger groups, making it easy to single out easy targets to make your willing insane slaves. Never saw a blob of 5 investigators moving around, although that would come to mind first.