Any chance this might be related to "Books of Anuta"? 😄

For competitive games, the key will be finding a way to resolve a stalemate. "Freely" deciding who goes first will eventually need to either come down to 1 player's choice, or some random element.

Gloomhaven allows players to roughly indicate whether their initiative will be early or late before revealing their choice.

Translating to a competitive game, perhaps there could be some kind of bluffing element to this.

Alternatively, it could be an open negotiation with a cost involved.

I am a tabletop game designer and also a software developer by profession. I have only dabbled in Godot, but interested in hearing more.

I was happy to reach 100 different games for the year.
Also a nice number of new-to-me games 😁