After determining the Primary- and Secondary Objectives, both players roll a D6 (a 6-sided dice, see Dice in the Definitions and Terminology chapter), rolling again until one player rolls higher. The player who rolls the highest, decides which player will be the Defender; the other player will be the Attacker.
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