Néstor, as the rules are explained, I'm not sure they do what you claimed in your post. To achieve the desired effect you'd need to let players place pawns of EITHER color on the board and then determine which color you own randomly AFTER setup. For example, on my first turn I could place a black or white pawn and then on my second turn I place a black or white pawn The random determination in the rules occurs before player setup.

Lee Valentine

Hi, Lee. Thank you for you message.

There are 3 phases on the game:

Setup phase: Create the board.
Placing phase: Determine players colours. THEN place the pawns.
Moving phase: Move the pawns until victory condition reached.

So the pie rule is in the SETUP phase (but it is very subtle) as none of the players know what colour are they going to use.

I did this to move away from the standard pie rule (placing pieces until one player choses colour).

You need to play a lot to 'see' if a board gives advantage to the white player. That's what I intended. So as players gain experience, they try to create more balanced boards. The chess knight configuration is the most balanced board in my opinion, but this is still unproved.

Néstor.