Morris, Mill, Merelles, Mühle, MorelsThe History of MorrisMorris is one of the oldest games which is still played today. Boards have been found in and on many historic locations of the world, carved into the stones of the buildings. So morris boards can be found at the temple of Kurna, Egypt (~1440 BC), first city of Troy and with some variations in board design even in Asia. The game was played by roman soldiers, who carved the board in wooden pieces and Ovid mentioned the game in his "Ars amatoria".
Since the Middle Ages Morris was played on the hole European continent. More information on the history of Morris can be found at the following pages: Games of the Viking & Anglo-Saxon Age
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The Rules of the gameToday's version if the morris game is played on a grid with 12 corners and 12 crossings.The crossings and corners are called fields.Each player has 9 pieces (either white or black) which are beside the board at the beginning of the game. The grid looks like this:
The game is divided into 3 different phases.
Phase 1: Putting the pieces on the board
Phase 2: Moving your pieces
Phase 3: Jumping The game ends when
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Morris - the game with the thousand namesSo how do you call this game?Here is how other people name the game: Morris, Nine Mens Morris, Merelles, Merels, Merreles, Merrels, Morelles, Merrills, Mill, Mills , Mühle, Merrelus, Marels, Marelles, Marrills, Muhle, Muller, Morell, Molenspel, Mylla, Mlynek, Mylta Jeu de Moulin, Myla As you can see, the name has many related names in different languages. The names could have been derived from the old french word "merel" - the word for coin or counter (marker).
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