Nine Men’s Morris

Red Rounds won: 0
Blue Rounds won: 0

Start a new match?

Both scores go back to 0 and Red starts round 1.

How to play

Each player has nine pieces. First take turns placing them on empty points. Once all yours are down, move one piece per turn along a line to a neighbouring empty point.

Line up three along a line to form a mill, then remove one of your opponent’s pieces. Pieces in a mill are safe unless every one of theirs is in a mill.

With only three pieces left, a player may fly to any empty point. You lose when you are down to two pieces or cannot move. Fifty moves in a row without a mill make the round a draw.

Scores carry across rounds, and the starting player alternates each round.

Red pieces carry a cross and Blue pieces a ring. Tap a piece, then where it goes. Keyboard: arrow keys move between points, Enter or Space picks one, Escape lets go of a piece, Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) undoes.