An alternative picking system to be considered is a system that has worked well both in pitboss games and in online multiplayer.
It is called unrestricted reverse pick with financial leaders banned.
It works like this.
The map maker or an admin list the players in a random order from 1 to 16.
Player 1 picks a leader first, player 2 second etc. Player 16 picks a leader last but picks a civ first and the order in picking is reversed...so player 15 picks a civ second etc.
That guarandees that we will have 16 different leaders (with no financial ones) and civs in the game and that the players who get to pick leaders last get to pick civs first, so it balances the pick process.
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