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When you're playing with more than 2 people, how does the algorithm decide who comes 2nd, 3rd etc? I ask because I'm playing a 4P tournament, with the first two players going through to next round I also ask because, in one game, I skipped a player who was out of time (hadn't logged in for 3 days), ...

Been enjoying a few games of Forbidden Island, but several times have got stuck in a situation where it's one player's turn and they need to ask another player to play a special card. These problems have been resolved with private messaging, but that's inconvenient and causes language barrier proble...