Wooden Nine Men's Morris – an original board game

Nine Men's Morris: pure strategy, no luck involved, for two players on a board of intersections.

Wooden Nine Men's Morris: line up three pieces to win

A classic of pure strategy with no element of chance: every move counts. Nine Men's Morris is played by two, on a board of intersections, and calls for anticipating your opponent's moves.

Why people love it

• ♟️ Pure strategy, not a shred of luck
• 🧠 Simple to learn, hard to truly master
• 🎁 An overlooked classic, perfect for surprising someone
• 🌳 Durable wooden board, a pleasure to bring out

Aim of the game

Line up three of your pieces to form a “mill”: you may then remove one of your opponent's pieces that is not itself part of a line. At the start of the game, each player places their pieces on the board until all of them are down. After that, each player moves one piece at a time to a free neighbouring intersection, following the lines of the board, trying to form new mills.

Fancy another game of pure strategy?

Discover Othello or the game of Go, equally free of chance.

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