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About Nine Men’s Morris
Nine Men's Morris is one of the oldest board games still played — boards have been found carved into Roman and medieval stonework. Each player has nine pieces, placed and then moved along lines, and forming a mill of three lets you remove one of your opponent's pieces.
You win by reducing your opponent to two pieces or leaving them with no legal move. Both conditions matter: strangling a position is as valid a win as capturing your way to one.
How to play Nine Men’s Morris
- Place / move
- Click a piece and then its destination
- Take turns placing your nine pieces on the board's intersections.
- Forming a row of three — a mill — lets you remove an opponent's piece.
- Once all pieces are placed, slide them along lines to form new mills.
- Win by reducing your opponent to two pieces or blocking all their moves.
Nine Men’s Morris tips
- Take the intersections that belong to the most lines; they create the most mills.
- Build a 'double mill' — two mills sharing a piece — so you can open and close it every turn.
- Blocking your opponent's mill is often worth more than making your own.
- In the endgame, mobility beats material; a trapped player loses regardless of pieces.
Nine Men’s Morris — questions
What is a mill?
Three of your pieces in a row along a board line. Forming one lets you remove one of your opponent's pieces from the board.
What's a double mill?
Two mills sharing a piece, so moving that piece back and forth re-forms a mill every turn and removes an opponent's piece each time. It's usually decisive.
How old is the game?
Very — boards have been found carved into Roman and medieval stonework, making it one of the oldest board games still played.
- Categories
- Casual & Hyper-Casual
- Platform
- Web browser — desktop, mobile, and Chromebook
- Cost
- Free, no download or sign-up