Blind draw

Picking teams without the part everybody remembers

Two captains picking in turn is the oldest way to make teams and the worst one, because it ranks a group out loud and somebody is always last. A blind draw makes the same teams with none of that: every card looks identical, everybody takes one, and the split is a fact about the cards rather than a judgement about the people.

It is also faster. A room of twelve picks in about fifteen seconds, and nobody negotiates, because there is nothing to negotiate with.

Most board games open with a fight about who goes first, and a blind draw settles it in one move: deal one card per player, first through fifth, and turn them together. If the choice is between named things rather than between people, the wheel reads better in a room, and if you only need one name out of a group, the hat is a shorter way to get it.

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