New to the game, question about the number of players…

By Emmissary, in A Game of Thrones: The Board Game

Me and friends are thinking about getting into the game, but I am a bit confused on the number of players. The basic Core set says 2-4 players, and on the mulitplayer board thing, there are 6 positions. What is the maximum number of players you can play?

I realize now I posted this in the board games spot, when I meant to do it in the LCG spot, my apologies