About Nine Men's Morris
Place stones on a 24-point board, then move them to form lines of three. Each mill lets you remove an opposing stone. Protect your own lines while blocking your rival’s.
How to play
- Goal
- Make mills of three to take your rival's stones.
- How it ends
- You win by leaving the rival fewer than three stones or no legal move; repetition or fifty quiet turns is a draw.
- Record
- Each Trial keeps the fastest first win; table games keep your fewest turns and fastest win.
- Take turns placing all nine stones on the 24 glowing crossings. A horizontal or vertical board line of three is a mill and removes one legal rival stone.
- After placement, move one stone along a drawn line to an adjacent empty crossing. With exactly three stones, fly to any empty crossing.
- Win by reducing the rival below three stones or leaving them unable to move. Three repetitions or fifty quiet movement turns make a draw.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Tap or click a stone, crossing, then lit rival | Place, slide, fly or complete a mill capture |
| Tab, arrows or WASD, Enter or Space | Walk and use the 24 board points |
| U / Escape | Undo a casual exchange or leave the table |
| N · ↺ | New game (press twice mid-match) |
Good to know
The release reconstructs all 120 Mill Trials from legal full-game origins and independently verifies each unique mill-closing action. Current play, repetition history, records, sound and motion settings persist.
