First Turn - newb question

[elspaniard]

so does the person that creates the game always get 1st turn? Seems that way in a 2 person game. That's a pretty big advantage.

[AceArtemis]

Its random.

[elspaniard]

ok, I've been on the wrong end 4/4. Thanks.

[squishyg]

it's kinda sorta random. It's certainly not as random as dice rolls. But you don't automatically get to go first if you start the game.

[jleonnn]

That's why high rankers, in general, like freestyle, cuz the first person advantage goes away.

[Donald Fung]

Is going first such a big advantage? In a game with many players, I would like to go first to make sure I don't get less troops than everybody else at the beginning but in a game with few players, going first isn't really that big an advantage. For me, I like to see other people's move and see what their up to and possibly copy their strats. That's probably becuase I'm still learning but still... I don't find going first or middle or last a big advantage or disadvantage. Only advantage is landing on territories that are all linked to each other and getting high numbers in 1,2,3,4,5,6 stuff.

[sailorc]

I'm not sure if it's true, but from my experience, it's pretty random. I've been the last to join and gone first many times.

[bleutofu]

Is going first such a big advantage? In a game with many players, I would like to go first to make sure I don't get less troops than everybody else at the beginning but in a game with few players, going first isn't really that big an advantage. For me, I like to see other people's move and see what their up to and possibly copy their strats. That's probably becuase I'm still learning but still... I don't find going first or middle or last a big advantage or disadvantage. Only advantage is landing on territories that are all linked to each other and getting high numbers in 1,2,3,4,5,6 stuff.

Going first in a 1v1 sequential certainly is an advantage. It's different for bigger games, though.

If you got a continent on your drop, you can get that bonus.
If your opponent dropped a continent, you can break it, and you can drop their overall land bonus too.