Hello, designer of Veletas here. I have revised the rules to fix the first-player advantage issue mentioned by Zugzwang. Here are the changes:
Now the question is: how do I get these changes implemented? I have contacted the original developer, but he doesn't seem to be active any more. It would be great to have the updated version ready for the Veletas tournament at the Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place five weeks from now.Black starts the game by placing three shooters and one black stone on empty squares of the board, and White follows by placing the remaining four shooters and one white stone in the same fashion. [...]
The pie rule is used in order to make the game fair. This means White will have the option, on their first turn only, to swap sides with their opponent instead of making a regular move.
