I've played weekly with other friends, smallest group with one player, largest being eight. Although I've only been a PC once for one session, my dad being GM. I got D&D Lost Mine of Phandelver starting set on Christmas. Me and my friends have created fifteen characters in all already, all taking turns with each one and hoping to create at least four more. Although I can only use a few of those, as most are very important to the campaign we are playing (A mix of The Lost Mine of Phandelver and my own campaign I call Rise of Dragons)