Totally get your point @hardco, but if we’re going to apply some mechanic to the pairing, personally I’d rather aim for every player playing with every other player over the course of the decathlon. All of this is also coloured by the fact that we aren’t playing the same game every time, so rankings to date don’t necessarily reflect relative ability in the current game.
Seems like most people are divided on how to proceed, so let’s at least stick to the assigned tables for Race for the Galaxy and circle back on pairing formula for the second half of the decathlon.