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What's the benefit of rolling a 4-sided die to decide who goes first, over flipping a coin? Each player has 50% chance of going first, except with a single coin

What's the benefit of rolling a 4-sided die to decide who goes first, over flipping a coin? Each player has 50% chance of going first, except with a single coin flip there can't be a tie.

tromp 4y ago
It fits in with the overall theme of adding unnecessary complexity:-?
backpackviolet 4y ago
Uses the D4 motif that this variant is based on? If anything, why have a coin flip to resolve the tie? Just re-roll the D4 and stay in-universe
- jstanley 4y ago
  In that case you could roll a single d4 and give one player the odd numbers and the other player the even numbers.
  - samatman 4y ago
    With the additional advantage that the original rules need 2d4, but only once, at the very beginning.
Karliss 4y ago
I guess this might be due to using the same dice to decide how many moves you can do in each turn.
verytrivial 4y ago
I think they're non-binary.
wang_li 4y ago
How does one decide who flips the coin. Whoever flips is at a disadvantage since the coin is flipped on a tie of die roles. The outcomes of the flip are another die roll or the other player goes. Also quite strange that you can't quit until there are 3 pieces per player left. How is that supposed to be enforced? Domestic violence or something?