[andrewzah]

I wish I had known about this game in college. Getting 7 adults together for 8+ hours is nearly impossible now.

I got to play this with 7 people exactly once. It was amazing.

[wombatpm]

It’s a great game to play with people you no longer want to be friends with

[Crye]

Checkout backstabbr. It's a web based version of the game and allows a lot more asynchronous playing. It also allows you to remain anonymous which helps with biases and super judicial alliances.

[qznc]

Does Backstabbr have variants? I like vdiplomacy because it has lots of variants: https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php

It uses the more old-school webdiplomacy interface but I'm fine with the dropboxes.

[LasEspuelas]

For those on Android, check the conspiracy app. It includes about half a dozen variants as well, ranging from 2 players (cold war) to 15 (known World 901). Great platform to play.

[joe_the_user]

You really only need 5 people. I haven't played with seven very often and I didn't find it improved the play much, if at all.

Just as much, if you set a hard 15 minute time limit, you get the play down to 4-5 hours (especially if you also say victory is preponderance on the board, not total elimination of all other players).

[xpe]

I have mostly played with seven. 7x6 interaction pairs = 42. That's twice as much as 5x4=20.

[snarf21]

Reach out to me, I've designed a card based version that plays 3-6 and about 15 minutes per player. It is super solid but I'd always love more feedback.

[wes-k]

You can play it stretched out and remote. Make orders due every Wednesday and Saturday. Gives everyone ample time to talk and scheme with everybody.