- 1 — Sometimes you just need a beer (this counts if it is at home — self-contained happy hour)
- 2 — Really good for meaningful conversations
- 3 — really good with a round table, awkward at rectangle table — looks like a firing line
- 4Â to 6 — good number, small enough for decent conversation but not easy to break away from conversation if you aren’t interested in the main discussion
- 8 to 12 — difficult to have one conversation and prone to conversation envy based on where you are sitting
- 12 or more — location issues based on seating but more flexibility moving around the group for side conversations if there are people standing