by GamesDirect
I have played with 5. All first-time players. Playing the long game. It was--in a word--long. I still enjoyed it, but I wouldn't recommend that scenario. Better to have a group of 5 play in lower player-number games to learn the game, then unleash them into the 5-player ordeal.My wife loves Agricola (just the two of us or with up to 3 friends), but I can't get her into Le Havre for some reason. In Agricola, I think she likes optimizing her hand, establishing her strategy, and then executing it and she just doesn't get that feeling with Le Havre. Plus, we can play 2P Agricola in 45 minutes (not including set-up/tear-down).