9 Men's Morris
9 Men's Morris is a very famous and widespread game that came via Asia, Egypt, Greece and Italy to Central Europe about 1,000 years ago probably originating in India.
Preparing the game
One plays on a board with three squares of different size placed within each other linked horizontally and vertically by four lines creating crossings and corners.
Course of the game Each player has nine pieces, either black ones or white ones. White opens the game. The aim is to get all of the adversary's pieces.
At the beginning in turns each player places his pieces on a crossing or a corner.
Mills
In case one player has three pieces in a row either horizontally or vertically, this is called "Mill".
After having accomplished a Mill the player may take from his adversary an arbitrary piece. But he cannot potentially dissovle an existing Mill of his adversary except no other piece is available. For each Mill a player may only take one piece from the adversary and has to establish a new Mill before being allowed to take another adversary piece.
Moving
As soon as all nine pieces are placed one begins to move, namely always on a vacant corner or crossing next to their current position. Pieces must not be jumped over.
In case a player has only three pieces left, he may place his piece on an arbitrary position on the board.
Winning
A player wins the game as soon as his adversary has only two pieces left on the board.