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nine men's morris
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nine Man Morris, Ninepenny Marl, Mills, Mill, The Mill Game, Merels, Merrills, Merelles
strategy board game for two players
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Within Vinony's link graph, nine men's morris is referenced by 90 other articles, and connects out to board game, Morabaraba and William Shakespeare.
It is catalogued under topics including Morris games, Solved games and Traditional board games.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Years active
- > 2000 years ago to present
- Genres
- Board game Abstract strategy game Mind sport
- Setup time
- < 1 minute
- Playing time
- 5–60 minutes
- Chance
- None
- Age range
- 5+
- Skills
- Strategy
- Synonyms
- Nine-man morris Mill, mills, or the mill game Merels or merrills Merelles, marelles, or morelles Ninepenny marl Cowboy checkers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- solved game
- Image
- Nine Men's Morris with dice in Libro de los juegos.jpg
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- minimum number of players
- 2
- maximum number of players
- 2
- Commons category
- Morris games
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Encyclopedic overview
Nine men's morris is a strategy board game for two players. It is an ancient game, dating back to at least the Roman Empire. The game is also known as nine-man morris, mill, mills, the mill game, merels, merrills, merelles, marelles, morelles, and ninepenny marl in English. In North America, the game has also been called cowboy checkers, and its board is sometimes printed on the back of checkerboards. Nine men's morris is a solved game, that is, a game whose optimal strategy has already been calculated. It has been shown that with perfect play from both players, the game results in a draw.
The classical Latin term mareculus is a diminutive of 'man'; the Ecclesiastical Latin word merellus means 'gamepiece', which may have been corrupted in English to 'morris', whilst miles is Latin for soldier.
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