Nine Men's Morris -- 3000 year old board game | rules | history | strategy

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Loved by Kings and commoners alike, Nine Men's Morris (or Merels or Morrels or the Mill Game, or...) was popular for more than 3000 years. Learn the rules, dive into the game's interesting history, and learn winning strategies for beating your friends. Nine Men's Morris build video: https://youtu.be/FJyWCIHy_ac Free Nine Men's Morris board PDF: https://www.thegamingbench.com/ninemensmorris PHOTO CREDITS German gaming table CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Dr. Emanuel Lasker CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en Gokstad ship CC BY-SA 4.0 KHM/Eirik Irgens Johnsen https://www.unimus.no/portal/#/things/7d99fcd2-59b3-45f3-aaa0-27d857633fc9 Ganschendorf board CC BY-SA 4.0 Wolfgang Sauber https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Xenophon Jerusalem, Israel CC BY 4.0 Bukvoed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bukvoed Rocca San Silverstro CC BY-SA 3.0 LepRello https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LepoRello Temple at Kurna CC BY 4.0 Magyar: Luxor Nyugati part, az ókori thébai nekropolisz területén Forever Egypt Rota CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 "Tres en ratlla a la romana, Fòrum Vell, Lepcis Magna" by Sebastià Giralt Backside of Persian Backgammon board made in Khatam technique CC BY 4.0 Nubero https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nubero Persian Backgammon board made in Khatam technique CC BY 4.0 Niko Kitsakis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nubero MUSIC CREDITS Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ REFERENCES Publications • Parlett, David. Parlett’s History of Board Games. Echo Point Books & Media, 2018 • Livingstone, Ian. Board Games in 100 Moves. DK/Penguin Random House, 2019 • Smith, Patrick J. The Complete Anachronist #71: Period Pastimes. The Society for Creative Anachronism, 1994 • Atkins, Robert Wayne. Ancient Board Games and Solitaire Games from Around the World. Grandpappy, Inc. 2021 • Schadler, Ulrich. Some Misconceptions About Ancient Roman Games. Board Game Studies, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp 79-97 • Bell, R.C. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations (revised edition containing vols. 1 & 2). Dover, 1979 • Bell, R.C. The Boardgame Book. Knapp Press, 1979 Videos Nine Mens Morris may be the most popular ancient strategy game in the history of civilization. NewVenture Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ZrOU4KSws Nine Men’s Morris | History | How to Play | DIY LOCKEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD0HVH5dZW4 Nine Men’s Morris: A Board Game for Vandals?! Game Night Picks (Pair of Dice Paradise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAL2_PbL9sU WEBSITES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_men%27s_morris http://gamescrafters.berkeley.edu/games.php?game=ninemensmorris#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20diagram%20of,AD%20900 http://inamidst.com/notes/merels https://games.porg.es/games/nine-mens-morris/ https://www.indaginiemisteri.it/en/the-merels-board-a-symbol-or-just-a-game/#91c361f4-80b7-430c-8fbc-04352bc4478f https://books.google.com/books?id=Nk8xpkY0bqEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Engravings-on-the-roof-of-Sethos-temple-in-El-Qurna-after-Parker-1909-fig-273_fig1_351183775 http://www.cyningstan.com/game/12/nine-mens-morris https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/ludi-ancient-greek-and-roman-games https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/a-midsummer-nights-dream/act-2-scene-1 https://www.maplelandmark.com/products/cowboy-checkers http://gamescrafters.berkeley.edu/games.php?game=ninemensmorris#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20diagram%20of,AD%20900). Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Board & pieces 01:17 - Nine Men's Morris rules 02:53 - Lasker Morris variation 03:38 - History of Nine Men's Morris 10:05 - Why is it called a Mill? 10:57 - Strategy for Nine Men's Morris 12:08 - Wrap up