diff -ru freeciv/server/civserver.c dev/server/civserver.c
--- freeciv/server/civserver.c	Sun Jun 25 12:26:37 2000
+++ dev/server/civserver.c	Wed Jun 28 20:31:24 2000
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@
   }
 
   for(i=0; i<game.nplayers; i++) {
-    pos = myrand(game.nplayers);
+    /* for each run: shuffled[ <i ] is already shuffled [Kero] */
+    pos = game.nplayers - myrand(game.nplayers) - 1;
     tmpplr = shuffled[i]; 
     shuffled[i] = shuffled[pos];
     shuffled[pos] = tmpplr;