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Nine Men's Morris

Place nine beads, slide them, make mills and take theirs.

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Nine Men's Morris

Nine Men's Morris

Place nine beads, slide them, make mills and take theirs.

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How to play

  1. Tap an empty dot to place a bead. Each side has nine.
  2. Three in a line is a mill: tap one of the lit enemy beads to take it.
  3. With every bead placed, tap one of yours, then a lit dot one step along a line.
  4. Down to three beads, yours fly to any empty dot.
  5. Leave the other side with two beads, or no move, to win.

Controls

Keyboard

  • ← ↑ → ↓ move along the lines
  • Space or Enter places, picks up and puts down
  • Z undo, H hint
  • 1–3 Gentle, Steady, Sharp; 4 two players
  • P pause

Touch

  • Tap an empty dot to place, tap a bead then a lit dot to slide, or drag it there
  • After a mill, tap one of the lit beads to take it
  • Undo and Hint sit under the board; the tabs along the top pick the level or two players

Controller

  • D-pad or left stick to move
  • A / Cross for action, B / Circle for secondary
  • Start to pause

Tips for a better score

  • A win banks 100 points on Gentle, 250 on Steady and 500 on Sharp, plus 10 for every bead you still have. Each undo or hint in a game takes 10% off its win, down to half.
  • While placing, don't rush a mill. Spread out over the points with four lines through them (the middles of the middle square) so your beads can still move later.
  • The strongest shape is a double mill: two mills that share an open point, so one bead sliding back and forth closes a mill on every move.
  • Against three flying beads, block their open lines before you chase your own mill: a flying side can close any gap you leave.

About Nine Men's Morris

Nine Men's Morris is one of the oldest board games still played: three nested squares joined at their middles, twenty-four points, nine beads a side. Take turns placing beads on empty points, then slide them one step along a line. Three of your beads in a straight line make a mill, and a mill takes one of your opponent's beads, though never one standing in a mill of its own unless every bead they have is in one. Once a side is down to three beads, those beads fly to any empty point. Leave your opponent with two beads, or with no move at all, and you win. A game is drawn when the same position comes up three times, after fifty moves each with no mill, or after ten moves each once both sides are down to three. Play the machine at Gentle, Steady or Sharp, or pass one device between two people. Wins bank points, and one lost game ends the run.

A free nine mens morris game that runs in your browser. Category: Board games. Made for RetroWorld with original art and sound.

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