Flip the coin to choose who goes first

Use Heads or Tails Now to pick first turn in board games, pickup sports, and classroom demos—with callouts for animation, speech, and Recent flips.

“Who goes first?” is the most common fair use of a two-sided toss. This guide maps that ritual onto the Flip coin control on this site—not a generic pep talk about fairness.

You will assign Heads and Tails before anyone taps, then use the on-screen result (or Speak result) so the table shares one outcome.

Map the stakes to Heads and Tails

Say the mapping out loud: “Heads = blue goes first, Tails = red.” Write it in chat if players are remote.

Do not leave the mapping implied—ambiguous calls create re-flips that look like cheating.

If more than two people need an order, flip pairwise or use a different tool; this coin only settles binary choices.

Use Flip coin once—then stop

Open the tool, confirm Coin animation On or Off for the room, then press Flip coin a single time.

Turn Speak result on when one device serves people who cannot see the coin face clearly.

If someone demands a re-flip because they dislike the outcome, that is a social rule—not a missing feature.

Audit with Recent flips

Recent flips keeps the last outcomes on this device so late joiners can see what already happened.

It is not a league transcript; screenshot or note the result if your house rules require a record.

Clear history only after the group agrees the round is closed.

Classroom and pickup tips

Project the page and flip with animation Off for fast demos between periods.

For outdoor pickup, shade the screen or rely on speech so sun glare does not start an argument.

Best-of series: run separate flips yourself—there is no built-in series mode, and Recent flips helps you tally.