GOAL Place 7 stones of your color into the High Garden to win.

SETUP Colors are assigned at random. 10 stones of each color are automatically placed in their Home Gardens (the long side fields) on the lower level.

GAMEPLAY White moves first. Players alternate turns.

MOVEMENT On your first turn, pick 1–5 stones of your color to move as a group. As you move, drop the lowest stone on each field you enter. Stones move horizontally or vertically — not diagonally, and not backwards. You may drop multiple stones on the same field. Direct back-and-forth between two fields in a single move is not allowed.

STACKING Stacking extra stones onto a field is only allowed in your own Home Garden or in the opposing High Garden, and only with stones of your own color.

CAPTURING Drop one of your stones onto an opponent's stone to capture it. The color on top of a stack is in control and may use the stones below for future movement. Stones are safe from capture while inside any Home Garden or High Garden.

TOWER RULES A tower cannot exceed 5 stones. A field with a full tower (5 stones) is inaccessible to all other stones.

STAIRCASES Two staircases connect Home Gardens to High Gardens. When stones enter a Home Garden, the turn ends immediately. Between turns, stones matching the staircase color that hold the majority in a Home Garden pass through automatically to the High Garden.
Example: Black places 4 stones in White's Home Garden (White has 2 there). Black's turn ends — 2 Black stones rise to the High Garden. White moves out with their 2 stones. White's turn ends — the remaining 2 Black stones also rise.

SPECIAL RULE If a player cannot make any move, they select a tower containing their color and place those stones on top of that tower.

WINNING The first player to successfully place 7 stones of their color in the High Garden wins.