Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Average party size in my games is 6-10, but there's not that many players. Each player will have one or two PCs in the party, with the rest filled out with adventuring NPCs, henches, etc.I've heard the same thing, but I've never seen it in actual play. And as someone who runs OSR (or at least OSR-adjacent) games, it's interesting to me that some folks keep insisting these huge parties are necessary.
The group I'm running right now has 4 players but the party numbers 9*; 3 players have 2 PCs each, one has one PC plus a hench (played pretty much as his second PC, I leave it to the player to make all the decisions etc. for it), and there's an NPC in the party.
* - to start with; since then one of the PCs ran afoul of a nasty effect that means she'll drop dead if she ever returns to the complex they're exploring, so she's been parked a few miles away with the sled dogs.