Volcano Board Setup

Well, may as well toss up the other volcano'y image I have.

A variant setup with no contiguous colors. With all the non-starting colors in an equal but rotated position so no color is seen as a bad choice to go after initially due to position.

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Edit:
Standard setup included for reference. Generally the greens and yellows (in this image) aren't popular choices due to the difficulty of capturing pieces from the center compared to the edge. (at least that's what I've seen)

Volcano: "Safe" Opening Move

I think I may have figured out a safe opening move in a game of volcano... that is, a move that will not allow the second player to get a large and medium piece with one move.

It would help to understand the rules to volcano. Please comment if you can disprove this (find a move from this board position to get 2 pieces...)

-Evan

2min later, edit:

Damn, a diagnol move from the oppiste corner will give a large (center) and a small (corner)... back to the drawing board.