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Who goes first if two players tie for the highest city population?

The designer answered this directly in 2019 and the normal rule is in the rulebook.

  • mleacock · Designer · 2019-10-30
  • Pandemic rulebook · Rulebook · 6. Begin play
  • mccrispy · Community · 2017-11-16

Flip a coin. The designer recommended this for a tie in the highest single city population, a situation he had not seen before. Normally the player holding the single card with the highest population goes first, not the player with the highest total.

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