Fix roll ordering at start

server/routes/games.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ const processTies = (players: Player[]): boolean => {
   /* Sort the players into buckets based on their
    * order, and their current roll. If a resulting
    * roll array has more than one element, then there
-   * is a tie that must be resolved */
+   * is a tie that must be resolved. To ensure that
+   * earlier rolls remain more significant across
+   * subsequent tie-break rounds, we pad singleton
+   * players' numeric `order` when ties are detected so
+   * their earlier digits don't get outranked by extra
+   * digits appended to tied players. */
   let slots: Player[][] = [];
   players.forEach((player: Player) => {
     if (!slots[player.order]) {
@@ -87,6 +92,37 @@ const processTies = (players: Player[]): boolean => {
     }
   };
 
+  // First detect whether any ties exist at all. If so, we need to pad
+  // singleton players' `order` values (multiply by 6) so that their
+  // existing rolls remain more significant than any additional digits
+  // that will be appended by tied players when they re-roll.
+  for (const slot of slots) {
+    if (slot && slot.length > 1) {
+      ties = true;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (ties) {
+    // Pad singleton players by shifting their order a digit left in base-6
+    players.forEach((player: Player) => {
+      const slot = slots[player.order];
+      if (slot && slot.length === 1) {
+        player.order = (player.order || 0) * 6;
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Rebuild slots based on the newly padded orders so we can assign
+    // positions correctly below.
+    slots = [];
+    players.forEach((player: Player) => {
+      if (!slots[player.order]) {
+        slots[player.order] = [];
+      }
+      slots[player.order]!.push(player);
+    });
+  }
+
   /* Reverse from high to low */
   const rev = slots.slice().reverse();
   for (const slot of rev) {