8 people around the table and only 1 of them talks at a time... Everybody's going to be so bored. 3-4 PCs, 1 DM.

People often talk about walking on water or turning water into wine, but they rarely talk about Jesus' most impressive miracle: having 12 close friends in his 30s.

Cartoons/Anime is what did me in. Though it is also the reason I love Chrono Trigger. To be fair, they had a time machine. It's easy to make time when you have the Epoch.

Oh, but you can manage your expectations by getting into D&D. Guarantee you will never have a problem with expecting friends to have time again!

Sometimes it takes some actual work not just expecting get-togethers to just happen. You'll get a lot of no but you'll spend more time with the people you care about than you would have otherwise

An endorsement for group housing!

While it's got downsides, I'd say the rpg life happens a bit more of you've got 6-8 people living under one roof (or across 6 tents, three neighboring houses, etc)

Your average RPG is typically a group of trauma survivors clinging to each other in a crisis situation.

At the same time putting a group of adults together and doing a thing is the basis of many game shows and reality TV.

It really helps if you all have a goal in life that can be achieved if these 6-8 people spend their days working together