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CUSTOM WOODWORKING WITH FLAIR!
WOODSGOOD CUSTOM WOODWORKING WITH FLAIR! |
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Nine Mens Morris is a fun game of strategy that is simple to learn yet takes time,
and many games, to master. It is an ideal game to teach young children strategy and how
to think multiple moves ahead. HISTORY OF THE GAME Nine Mens Morris is an ancient game; so old in fact that it contends for the oldest game in the world prize. It is known by a number of different names in England - Nine Mens Morris, Morelles, Merrills, Merels, Mill or just plain Morris. The game was played widely in England in AD1300 and visitors to the cathedrals of Norwich, Canterbury, Gloucester, Salisbury and Westminster Abbey can see boards cut into the cloister seats by monks. In Germany, the game is called Muhle and in central Europe the board is often "stepped". As an old English game, it used to be played with black and white pebbles on a board marked out with a trowel dug into village greens, and in taverns on boards marked with chalk on a table. Shakespeare mentioned the game in A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2, Scene 1: "The Nine Mens Morris is filled up with mud" which is what must have happened to the boards marked in the village green when it rained! The pictures are snapshots of a game in progress with red the winner. |
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OBJECT OF THE GAME The board consists of three nested squares connected by a line through each of the four sides. Pieces are placed at the corners of the squares and the intersections on the sides. Nine pieces are needed for each player, for a total of eighteen pieces. The key concept of the game is the mill: a straight line of three pieces of the same color along a line on the board. When a player forms a mill, that player can remove any one of their opponent's pieces that is not part of a mill. If all of the opponent's pieces are in mills, then any piece may be removed. There are two ways to win: reduce the number of your opponent's pieces to two, or block all of your opponent's pieces so they can no longer move. |
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ABOUT OUR NINE MENS MORRIS GAME We make our playing boards from carefully selected pine that we drill, rout, sand and seal with tung oil. The 18 playing pieces (with a couple of spares thrown in) are turned wooden "men" brightly coloured with aniline dyes. These make for both a pleasurably tactile and safe way to play, especially for young children. Full colour instructions and rules are included in both français and English and you will be up and playing in minutes. Highly addictive and fun for all ages. Please note that the small wooden pieces are not suitable for children under 3 years old.
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ABOUT US We do a lot of woodworking with our father. We take safety very seriously and wear eye and ear protection and use a very effective dust extraction system. Over the last 3 years we have made solid cedar boxes, small nik-nak shelves and more than 100 Mancala games. We hope that you enjoy the game and come back for more! Many thanks, ..… Siân 
and Samuel 
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