I don’t understand the need for the alphabetical order part- If we’re instituting a roll-off, couldn’t it be done simply based on Rating or Merit?

This is the wrong algorithm – it always gives the win to TrapdoorSpyder, being the last person alphabetically. (The broken step is “Determine the Drafter with the highest Merit Threshold in the list whose Merit Threshold is greater than or equal to the result of the dice roll.” – it should give the win to the Drafter with the lowest Merit Threshold, not the highest.)

I don’t think randomizing is the right way to stop endgame snipes, though – it just means that sniping is always worth an advantage, rather than only if it gets you over the threshold. (I do see that there is a potential problem – I just don’t think this is a correct solution to it.)

I also don’t like a randomiser. I’m increasingly of the opinion that the star ratings are the wrong way to go - they’re good, descriptive feedback mechanisms but hide too many perverse incentives. I might try to propose a move to ranked choice voting.

Given the implied outcome of this dynasty being that its players then play the dynasty that the winner was describing, the victory mechanic shouldn’t have a significant chance of going to something that nobody liked.