Add the players
Type a name and press Add — up to sixteen of you. Order on the list doesn't matter.
OneChoose · Web toolWho goes first?
Settled.
Add everyone playing, press choose, and OneChoose picks a starter at random. Free, fair, and no more rock-paper-scissors.
FreeTrue 1-in-NNo sign-in2–16 players
Add two or more players, then let OneChoose pick who goes first.
Ready when you are
2 to 16 players · picked at random, every time
How it works
Press choose
The names light up in a quick shuffle and settle on one. The pick is decided before the animation.
Take turns
Remove the winner and choose again for second, third and last, or clear the list and start over.
Setting up a game night? OneChoose on the App Store does it with fingers instead of names.
Questions
How does OneChoose pick who goes first?
Each player gets an equal slice of a random number drawn from the browser's cryptographic random number generator. Values that would make the slices uneven are discarded, so nobody is more likely to be picked — including the person who added their name last.
Is it really random, or is there a pattern?
It is random. Every choose press draws a fresh value, previous winners have no influence on the next pick, and the highlight animation is only cosmetic — the winner is chosen before the first name lights up.
Can I use it to pick more than one person?
Yes. Press Remove winner and choose again for the next turn, which is how most groups set a playing order. Clear all empties the list when you start a new game.
How many players can I add?
Up to sixteen names of 24 characters each. Duplicate names are rejected, because two Alexes would make the result ambiguous.
Does it save the player list?
No. The names live in the page while it is open, so a reload starts with an empty list. Nothing is stored on your device or sent to a server.
Why do I type names instead of putting fingers on the screen?
The browser version uses a name list so it works on a laptop as well as a phone. The free OneChoose iPhone app does the finger version: everyone taps and holds the screen and it picks a finger.
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