Nine Men's Morris

Goal

Reduce the opponent below three pieces or leave them with no legal move.

How do I place and move pieces?

Brown pieces move first. Each player has nine pieces and places one on an empty node per turn. Once your own supply is empty, select one of your pieces and an adjacent empty node along a marked line. You cannot jump over pieces. Click, tap, or use arrows and Enter.

What happens when I make a mill?

Three of your pieces along one continuous marked line make a mill. Diagonals do not count. Complete the turn by removing one opposing piece outside any mill. If all opposing pieces are in mills, any may be removed. Even a move forming multiple mills awards only one capture. A mill can be opened and closed again on a later turn for another capture.

When can a piece fly?

With exactly three pieces on the board and no supply left, your piece can move to any empty node. With four or more, it must move to an adjacent node along a line.

How do I win or draw?

After placement, leaving the opponent with fewer than three pieces or no legal move wins. A third repetition draws. Fifty moves without capture also draw once both supplies are empty. There is no separate point score.

What changes with difficulty?

Solo play labels the players You and Computer. Two people on one device use Player 1 and Player 2, with optional names. Brown and cream swatches identify their pieces. In this tutorial, You play Brown and your Opponent plays Cream. Difficulty affects assistance and computer choices, not mills, movement or endings.