I played Ti3, with 2 expansions and all rules, with 7 players, on Friday night. Started set up about 5, and finally had to stop shortly after midnight when the second player had to bail.
I would have won, but we decided to continue when the first person quit on us, and it put me in a very poor position, fighting off 2 players who suddenly only had me as an opponent and a whole bunch of free extra resources. The last round we played, they managed to take my home base and I was not able to get the objective to push me over the top. Ended up in a 3 way tie.
We certainly the most efficient game I had ever played with this group. Everyone knew what was going on for the most part, even though it was the first time with the second expansion for most of us, it didn't really impact game play that much, save the new strategy cards.
edit - Forgot the original reason I came to this thread: I am looking for a small to mid-sized case to hold a few decks of cards, dice, game markers etc, maybe dominoes, paper pads (Yahtzee or Scrabble type) or something similar. Since it is so close to Christmas, I would prefer something local.
Something like these perhaps, but with room for pads:
