GARDENS
2 Players I 8+
Some plant beauty. Others sow war.
GARDENS RULES
Goal
The goal of Gardens is to place 8 stones of your color into the High Garden.
Preparation
A color for each player is chosen at random.
10 stones of each color are placed in their Home Gardens (long fields) on the lower level.
Gameplay
White begins and has to make a movement. Afterwards Black continues.
Movement:
In your first turn, stack 1-5 stones of your color to move.
As you move, drop the lowest stone on each field you enter.
Stones can be moved horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally. They also cannot move backwards.
You may drop multiple stones of your color on the same field.
Direct back-and-forth movement between two fields is not allowed.
Stacking is only possible in your Home Garden and in the opposite High Garden with stones of your own color.
Capturing Opponent's Stones:
You can capture opponent's stones by dropping your own stones on it.
The color at the top of the stack is the one in control and may use the opponent’s stones for future movement.
In all Home Gardens and High Gardens, stones are safe from being captured by the opponent.
Tower Rules:
A tower cannot contain more than 5 stones.
Fields with a full tower (5 stones) become inaccessible to other stones.
Staircase Rules:
Two staircases connect the Home Gardens to the High Gardens.
When stones enter a Home Garden, no further movement is possible and the turn ends.
Between the turns, stones matching the color of a staircase and being in the majority of a Home Garden pass through it automatically.
E.g. Black places 4 stones in the Home Garden of White who has 2 stones stationed there. Blacks turn ends. 2 black stones move up to the High Garden. White moves out with their 2 Stones. Whites turn ends. The remaining 2 black stones move up to the High Garden where they can be stacked again.
End
The game ends when a player successfully places 8 stones of their color into the High Garden.
That player is declared the winner.
