Stack higher than your opponent in this game of one-space, one-level jumps where you also have to move your lowest pieces first. To take the lead and win, you must surpass your opponent's tallest stack height or, failing that, their number of stacks at the tallest height.

• Designer: Kanare Kato
• Coder: mcd
• Rules from the designer
• Stairs at BoardGameGeek

Stairs is similar to Pilastri.

Stack higher than your opponent with one-space, one-level jumps. You must move your lowest pieces first. To take the lead you must beat the opponent’s tallest stack, or failing that their number of stacks at that height.

Inventor: Kanare Kato

See Kanare Abstract: Stairs and BoardGameGeek.

After consecutive passes, the player who currently has the lead (tiebreaker) wins. Lead is whoever has the strictly taller maximum stack, or more stacks at that shared maximum height.

Square board filled with single stones in a starting pattern. Pie rule is available. Autopass if you have no jump.

Jump one of your stones one cell orthogonally onto a stack that is exactly one level higher than the origin (or from ground onto a singleton, and so on — one-space, one-level). You must jump with a piece from among your lowest stacks first.

No variants.

• Current engine version: 20250619 (2025-06-19). On Abstract Play since 2025-07-10.

• https://kanare-abstract.com/en/pages/stairs
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383703/stairs