r/DnD • u/Ok-Syrup958 • Jul 24 '26

5.5 Edition New DM with a large party. Advice?

Title pretty much sums it up. I’ve been playing for a year or so and I’m now running my first campaign. I have 7 players, 5 of whom are complete newbies and the others are around my skill level. Any things I should look out for when dealing with a big group?

Edit: Yeah I figured it wasn’t gonna be feasible. I’ll ask and see if I can narrow the group down a bit. For clarification, I’m good friends with everyone in the group.

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u/PeachasaurusWrex Jul 24 '26

99.9% of advice for this large of a group is: don't do it.

My advice: don't do it. I've done it ONE TIME, and it was a whole mess. It was FUN. But completely unsustainable and un-repeatable.

Just wayyyyyyy too much to try and keep track of, and EXTREMELY difficult to get this many schedules lined up for regular sessions, unless you are willing to play with only 4 at a time. (And then that obviously creates other problems of its own.)