How Do You Play Nine Man Morris?
The game of Nine Man Morris, known by other varied names such as Nine Man Merrills, Mills, Mill, Merelles, and many more, is a game of strategy played by two people. The earliest variation of this game dates back 3,500 years in Europe. The following will show you how to make and play the game of Nine Man Morris. Find a piece of poster board, paper or a wooden board and a black marker to make your game board, or you can draw it on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. Draw the game board. Do this by drawing a square, then another square around the first one, and finally another square around the second one, making sure that they are all equally spaced from each other. Draw four dotted lines connecting all four corners of the squares together starting from the smallest square in the middle and ending with the largest on the outside. Draw a circle at each corner of all three squares and one circle in the middle of the line of each side of each square. You will have a total of 24 circles (8 on
