How to change player order position?

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jtpi
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How to change player order position?

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Is there a way to change player order? Not just starting player, but the position of player. Every game I've been playing with my friends, us 4 are always in the same order, but we want to mix it up.
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Re: How to change player order position?

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jtpi wrote: 18 November 2021, 08:42 Is there a way to change player order? Not just starting player, but the position of player. Every game I've been playing with my friends, us 4 are always in the same order, but we want to mix it up.
Have you hit the "rematch" button ? Because that would preserve your order Indeed.
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Re: How to change player order position?

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I've tried the "propose a rematch" as well as creating a new game and inviting my friends in different order. However, either way, the order is always the same.

jtpi -> chadwicktahn -> alexahn -> taiMISO

the starting player changes, but the who is behind who is always the same. you can take a look at the "Starting position in first round" stat to figure out the position of the players relative to each other.

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=215941128
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=215000921
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=214176519
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=211994100
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Re: How to change player order position?

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If you're not hitting rematch, the chance of repeating just the order is 1/6. The intial game was random, then without hitting rematch you have 1/6 three times for total probability of 1/216. Rare, but far from impossible. If there are a few more games than the ones you listed, it'd probably be worth looking into (it might be worth checking just in case, anyway.) But again this could just be happening by chance.
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Re: How to change player order position?

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Ok, I'll try a couple more times without hitting rematch and see how it goes. Thanks!
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Re: How to change player order position?

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Doesn't seem by chance. Me and my friends have the same order all night. Different games, rematch or new game.... Any suggestions?
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Koen1982 wrote: 21 November 2021, 01:16 Doesn't seem by chance. Me and my friends have the same order all night. Different games, rematch or new game.... Any suggestions?
As we said, rematch will give you the same order, so please only count the new matches and post table numbers to see if there is really something wrong or not.
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Re: How to change player order position?

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Just wanted to let you know, I made the game from scratch and invited everyone randomly again. But we are still the same order of jtpi -> chadwicktahn -> alexahn -> taiMISO.

Table 218871287

Order I invited people:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=218871287

Order in game:
https://boardgamearena.com/9/agricola?table=218871287

Maybe I'm just very unlucky and get the same order every time... >_>
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Re: How to change player order position?

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Just wanted to update that after one more game, looks like order is finally different. So this is working as intended. Thanks!
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Re: How to change player order position?

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And with my next game, I must be super unlucky. I thought this should only happen 1 out of 24 times (if it's 4 * 3 * 2 for 4 players).

I got the same order as my first post: jtpi -> chadwicktahn -> alexahn -> taiMISO

invite order: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=222493249

order after game start: https://boardgamearena.com/3/agricola?table=222493249
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