Found out my favorite board game has a 45% win rate for the starting player

I was reading the rulebook for Terraforming Mars again last night and saw a tiny note about playtest stats. The person who goes first wins almost half the time in a four-player game. That's wild to me because we've been picking randomly for years. Now I'm thinking we should try a draft for turn order or something. How do you guys handle first player advantage in your group?

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adam_anderson64d ago

Yeah, that "playtest stats" note is crazy. We had the same shock with Scythe and now we auction for turn order.

mila_craig44d ago

Is it really that big of a deal?