Board Game Arena

I've noticed in my own plays and through looking at some replays of others that first player has a significant advantage (as evidenced by the first player usually winning)

Are others seeing the same thing? Any plan to adjust for this? Is there a way to see stats to confirm whether this is in fact true more than anecdotally?

When opponents are roughly equal in skill, yes: The first player has a huge advantage. Therefore, the game is more luck-based than skill-based when opponents of similar skill level face each other.
I do recommend that the Luck ranking for this game be upped from 1 to 2 to better reflect this reality.

When it comes to making adjustments to the gameplay itself, such a request would have to be made to the game designer directly, I believe.

I definitely agree with increasing the 'luck' rating for this game