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My own Nine Men's Morris Board, pictured at The Castle Inn, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, a cosy and welcoming village pub where Pool, Darts, and Dominoes are available to play. Even before we explore a little of the history of Nine Men's Morris (also known as Merrels), it's simplicity of form clearly marks it out as a game of great age. Believed to date back to Roman times at least, Merrels seems to have been a game of common folk, often played on a simple scratched playing surface (see…

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Nine men's morris is a strategy board game for two players dating at least to 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. The game has also been called cowboy checkers & is sometimes printed on the back of checkerboards. Nine men's morris is a solved game – in which either player can force the game into a draw. Its name derives from the Latin word merellus, 'gamepiece'.

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Nine Mens Morris: Nine Men's Morris is a 2 player strategy game from way back in the day. This game appeared around the days of the Roman Empire. ( Think 27 BC ) The Game Basics Each player starts with 9 Stones (men) each set a different colour. (Red vs Blue) Playe…

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