Nine Men's Morris is a classic board game for two players where each player starts with nine pieces (men) and aims to form mills (three pieces aligned horizontally or vertically on the board). Creating a mill allows a player to remove an opponent's piece, with the game ending when a player reduces the opponent to two pieces or traps them.
Nine Men's Morris
Nine Men's Morris is a classic strategy board game that involves two players, each starting with nine pieces (called men). The game is played on a board made up of three concentric squares connected by lines at the midpoints of their sides. The board has 24 intersections (called points).
The objective is to form mills, which are three pieces lined up horizontally or vertically on the board. The game ends when a player reduces the opponent's pieces to two, or the opponent cannot make a move.
At the start, players take turns placing their pieces on the empty points of the board. This is the Placing phase of the game.
Once all pieces are placed on the board, the game enters its second phase, the Moving phase, where players move their pieces one at a time to adjacent, unoccupied points.
When a player has just three pieces, referred to as the Flying phase, they gain the ability to fly, meaning they can move their men to any empty point on the board, not just adjacent ones.
If a player creates a mill, they are allowed to remove one of the opponent's pieces, as long as it is not part of a mill (unless there are no other options).
The game is won by the player who manages to reduce their opponent to two pieces, or manages to set up the board in such a way that their opponent cannot make a valid move.
Nine Men's Morris is an ancient game, believed to have originated as early as 1400 BC. The game was popular throughout the Roman Empire and continued to thrive in medieval Europe.
Nine Men’s Morris has several other names. Some originate from the Latin word merellus (meaning game piece): Merels, Merrills, Merelles, Marelles, Morelles. Some originate from the Latin word miles (meaning soldier): Mill, Mills, The Mill Game.
Other names still are Cowboy Checkers or Ninepenny Marl.
In other languages, the names often refer to a mill: Juego del Molino in Spanish, Jeu du Moulin in French (both meaning game of the mill), Molenspel in Dutch (meaning the mill game), Mühle in German and Mulino in Italian (meaning mill).
Nine Men's Morris can be played in all modern browsers, on all device types (desktop, tablet, mobile), and on all operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, ...).
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