Please refer to "Colonnade_rules.pdf" for detailed rules.

INTRODUCTION:
Colonnade is a two player game. The 1x8 rectangular grid is initially set up with 12 gold and 12 silver disks. The two players, Gold and Silver, take turns moving stacks (or sub-stacks), one stack per turn, starting with Gold. Passing is not allowed. Draws cannot occur in Colonnade.

OBJECT OF THE GAME:
The last player to make a move wins. I.e. if you have no moves available on your turn, you lose.

BEGIN THE MOVE:
You can pick up any one of your checkers from a stack, carrying the checkers above it along, and place it onto an adjacent stack that's topped with a checker of your color. (Note: A "stack" can be of height 1.)

COMPLETE THE MOVE WITH DISCARD:
When two like-colored checkers are adjacent in a stack, discard one of the two checkers.

MOVE DOWN TO EMPTY SQUARE:
You can pick up any one of your checkers from a stack, except if it's the bottom checker of the stack, carrying checkers above it along, and move it down onto an unoccupied, adjacent square. You can't move the bottom checker of a stack to an unoccupied square.

To move your stack, first click on the disk at the base of the stack. It will remain highlighted. Then click on the empty location just above the top disk of the target stack. It is recommended that the "Highlight Moveable" option be turned on.

- Refer to the game rules PDF file for additional details.

- A free stand-alone version of Colonnade with improved graphics and animation may be downloaded from: http://rss.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/54809/colonnade-axiom-pc-game.