<p>Short answer: No.</p>

<p>Longer answer: Unless I was playing a variant, I would never consider placing my blank epigon anywhere other than on a board edge.  Having 2 sides that can be attacked at the start of the game seems like a bad way to start things off to me.  I am sure there are some variants where it would be acceptable to have your blank somewhere in the middle, but not for the base game.</p>

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Gabe
<p>During the deployment step, should you ever place your Blank Epigon at any location other than an edge?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eq9OH.png" alt="Secret Deployment"></p>

<p>Ultimately, in this game you want to push off 3 of your opponents pieces and prevent your opponent from doing the same. Keeping your pieces off the edge just seems to be prudent. Is there ever a reason to place your Blank in the center of the board?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/IEfhu.png" alt="Bad Blank Deployment"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZpuA2.png" alt="Good Blank Deployment"></p>

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Should you ever deploy your blank at a position other than an edge in Epigo?
user1873
# Should you ever deploy your blank at a position other than an edge in Epigo?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-21)

During the deployment step, should you ever place your Blank Epigon at any location other than an edge?

![Secret Deployment](https://i.sstatic.net/eq9OH.png)

Ultimately, in this game you want to push off 3 of your opponents pieces and prevent your opponent from doing the same. Keeping your pieces off the edge just seems to be prudent. Is there ever a reason to place your Blank in the center of the board?

![Bad Blank Deployment](https://i.sstatic.net/IEfhu.png)![Good Blank Deployment](https://i.sstatic.net/ZpuA2.png)

**Tags:** openings, epigo


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-03-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: Unless I was playing a variant, I would never consider placing my blank epigon anywhere other than on a board edge. Having 2 sides that can be attacked at the start of the game seems like a bad way to start things off to me. I am sure there are some variants where it would be acceptable to have your blank somewhere in the middle, but not for the base game.


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