Nine men’s morris traditional round wooden board game

Traditional 2-player game, wooden construction with glass marble playing pieces. 30cm diameter board with 20mm playing marbles. Made in the UK from FSC certified sustainable timber.

Our games are made in our workshops in Kent from ethically sourced sustainable timber from local suppliers. The products are hand finished and packed ready for your enjoyment.

• Solid wood board game
• Suitable for 2 players
• 30cm diameter board
• 20mm playing marbles
• Hand made in the UK

History

Famous for being popular in Tudor times, Nine Men's Morris or ‘Merels’ dates back to at least Roman times. The board consists of a grid with twenty-four intersections. Each player has nine playing pieces. Players try to form 'mills'—three of their own pieces lined horizontally or vertically, allowing a player to remove an opponent's player from the game. A player wins by reducing the opponent to two pieces (where they could no longer form mills and thus be unable to win), or by leaving them without a legal move. Also known as nine-man morris, mill, mills, the mill game, merels, merrills, merelles, marelles, morelles and ninepenny marl.

Download Nine Men's Morris Instructions here.