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Nine Men’s Morris/Merelles/Muhle/Mill
These are some of the names for the version of the game played throughout Europe and popular in the Middle Ages and are still played today.
Each player starts with nine pieces, or “men” which move among the board’s 24 spots. The object of the game is to leave the opposing player with fewer than three pieces or, as in checkers, no legal moves.
Placing the pieces
• The game begins with an empty board. (Three squares with their sides bisected no diagonals.)
• Players take turns placing their pieces on empty spots.
• When a player forms a straight row of three pieces in a row along one of the boards lines (not diagonally), he has a mill and removes one of opponent’s pieces from the board.
• Removed pieces are not returned to the game.
• Pieces in a mill can only be removed if there are no pieces available outside of the mills.
• Once all 18 pieces are played, play continues from the board.
Moving the Pieces
• To move, a player slides one of his pieces along a board line to an open adjacent space.
• If a player is unable to move then he has lost.
• When a player aligns three of his pieces on a board line he has a mill and removes a piece from his opponent.
• Unprotected (outside of a mill) pieces are removed before pieces contained in a mill.
• A player reduced to 2 pieces loses.
Flying
• Once a player is reduced to three pieces, his pieces may fly to any empty spot.
These are some of the names for the version of the game played throughout Europe and popular in the Middle Ages and are still played today.
Each player starts with nine pieces, or “men” which move among the board’s 24 spots. The object of the game is to leave the opposing player with fewer than three pieces or, as in checkers, no legal moves.
Placing the pieces
• The game begins with an empty board. (Three squares with their sides bisected no diagonals.)
• Players take turns placing their pieces on empty spots.
• When a player forms a straight row of three pieces in a row along one of the boards lines (not diagonally), he has a mill and removes one of opponent’s pieces from the board.
• Removed pieces are not returned to the game.
• Pieces in a mill can only be removed if there are no pieces available outside of the mills.
• Once all 18 pieces are played, play continues from the board.
Moving the Pieces
• To move, a player slides one of his pieces along a board line to an open adjacent space.
• If a player is unable to move then he has lost.
• When a player aligns three of his pieces on a board line he has a mill and removes a piece from his opponent.
• Unprotected (outside of a mill) pieces are removed before pieces contained in a mill.
• A player reduced to 2 pieces loses.
Flying
• Once a player is reduced to three pieces, his pieces may fly to any empty spot.
