Since our proposal for bidding for startposition is sadly leading nowhere, because it is not written in the OG rulebook, here is another proposal:
After shuffling a startposition, both players have to agree to play that starting position, if not it will get reshuffled.
One could have like 3-5 reshuffles, to not abuse the function - you still could have bad starting positions, but the amount would greatly decrease.
The idea came, after i played some friends over the board, and when the shuffle was terrible, one or both just agreed to not play that pattern.
After shuffling a startposition, both players have to agree to play that starting position, if not it will get reshuffled.
One could have like 3-5 reshuffles, to not abuse the function - you still could have bad starting positions, but the amount would greatly decrease.
The idea came, after i played some friends over the board, and when the shuffle was terrible, one or both just agreed to not play that pattern.