7 Wonders at 7 players is definitely nothing too special. Fun enough and fast with simultaneous play, but doesn't feel like you have much choice in what's going on and you're just picking the best card
Where it clicked and played better for me was a 4 player game. Still have your neighbors, obviously, but only having one other player made it easy (and reasonable) to play around their strategy as well, and then it became a real game of choices.
7 Wonders Duel is still better though
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