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'''Nine Men's Morris''', also known as '''Mills''', '''Merrills''', is a two-player [[strategy game]] with a long history in [[Europe]]. Each player has nine pieces which move between the twenty-four intersections of three interlocking squares.
'''Nine Men's Morris''', also known as '''Mills''', '''Merrills''', or '''Merrelles''' is a two-player [[strategy game]] with a long history in [[Europe]]. Easrly example of the game have been found up to 3500 years ago incribed on building timbers and also have been found incribed on church seats during the middle ages proving that church services weren't all that different to todays sermons.

Each player has nine pieces which move between the twenty-four intersections of three interlocking squares.

The object of the game is to pound (remove) the opponent's pieces by forming mills or force them into a position where they can no longer move. Mills are three pieces in a linked row. When a mill is formed a single opponent's piece may be removed so long as that piece does not form part of a previously formed mill. If all the opponent's pieces are in mills then this rule does not apply.

The game consits of three phases.

* Beginning Phase
Each player takes turns placing their pieces. Until all pieces hav been played. Mills may be formed during this phase as normal. A medieval variant is believed to use dice to determine which player may place their next piece, which may result in one player adding multiple pieces one after the other.

* Middle Phase
Each player takes turns moving one of their pieces along the lines marked on the board. If one player cannot move any longer, the trapped player loses.

* End Phase
If one player is reduced to three pieces, in their turn they may move any one of their pieces to any valid point on the board by jumping from square to square. If any player is reduced to less than three pieces, they have lost.


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Revision as of 22:33, 23 January 2006

Nine Men's Morris, also known as Mills, Merrills, or Merrelles is a two-player strategy game with a long history in Europe. Easrly example of the game have been found up to 3500 years ago incribed on building timbers and also have been found incribed on church seats during the middle ages proving that church services weren't all that different to todays sermons.

Each player has nine pieces which move between the twenty-four intersections of three interlocking squares.

The object of the game is to pound (remove) the opponent's pieces by forming mills or force them into a position where they can no longer move. Mills are three pieces in a linked row. When a mill is formed a single opponent's piece may be removed so long as that piece does not form part of a previously formed mill. If all the opponent's pieces are in mills then this rule does not apply.

The game consits of three phases.

  • Beginning Phase

Each player takes turns placing their pieces. Until all pieces hav been played. Mills may be formed during this phase as normal. A medieval variant is believed to use dice to determine which player may place their next piece, which may result in one player adding multiple pieces one after the other.

  • Middle Phase

Each player takes turns moving one of their pieces along the lines marked on the board. If one player cannot move any longer, the trapped player loses.

  • End Phase

If one player is reduced to three pieces, in their turn they may move any one of their pieces to any valid point on the board by jumping from square to square. If any player is reduced to less than three pieces, they have lost.

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