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INTERESTING: Large groups can't easily include everyone in the discussion, while small groups couldn't easily sustain conversations without silent breaks between topics.
It seemed to work best when there were a few discussions going on in close proximity, so when one subgroup finished their discussion, they could jump right into another one with no awkward delays.
Also, roughly circular layouts makes this easier by keeping the end extremes closer.
I was wondering about conversation size when it was mentioned that it was 12-14 people.
The largest everyone-involved conversation I've been in was 7 people. (8 were there, but one wasn't talking.) It seemed like a miracle. We were seated at a round table in a quiet restaurant, and it was fans, so this happened spontaneously, not as a result of rules.
I've since found out that 8 people was considered the maximum size for a dinner party.