How To Play Nine Men's Morris

[@blaydeplays]

I love how you show games I've never even heard before

[@kathryngrossman2852]

It was invented in ancient Egypt. But I just found this game, and I'm eager to try it.

[@brokenalice218]

Such a brilliant game, yet so simple in its design.

[@crystallight2]

Thanks for this. Me and gramps used to play this on camping trips

[@kimberlypineda1265]

Just finished the devils plan on Netflix 😸

[@kingofaarondelle3688]

SAMEEE SEOKJIN 🆙🆙

[@nehamaw]

Same!

[@jayjoshi477]

lol same reason I just downloaded this game

[@avocadoetarts]

same omg!!!

[@ronf28]

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[@adityakiran1546]

THANK YOU! YOUR EXPLANATION IS VERY NICE AND SWEET

[@carstenmuller8137]

Can you do a list of the 10 most complex card games ? (Skill intensive ). I think Bridge, Skar , Doppelkopf, Schafkopf , what else ?

[@carstenmuller8137]

Austrian Tarock for sure too!

[@Pokarface7]

You answered your own question! Definitely Bridge and Pot-Limit Omaha (the difficult version of the more popular, No-Limit Hold'em). Note that cribbage, bridge, and PLO have also had world tournaments. Which I believe add credit to their complexity. Gin Rummy used to have championships, but I don't understand how complex is its strategy

[@JPike223]

super concise and well explained i tip my hat to you

[@OurayTheOwl]

This game can turn into a drawn out version of tic tac toe if you're not careful. There's a repeating game play loop that results in an unavoidable cascade of failure.

[@reillywalker195]

Checkers can, as well. Such games are known as "futile games" since neither player can win if both players play correctly.

[@thewondersofawesometv1414]

@@reillywalker195 I played nine men's Morris for hours with my friend and I lost like a billion times he's really good at it

[@nezkeys79]

Every time I played no matter I did the opponent makes this diamond formation and then for me to block the obvious moves it ends up in a stalemate where they spam me with a draw offer Terrible game lol

[@crubrutockcsgo]

@@reillywalker195 I guess chess is a futile game too, I mean aren't all strategy games like this? A perfectly played game of a strategy no luck based game will always be a draw

[@Thesnakerox]

Perhaps there could be a draw by threefold repetition, like in chess?

[@SLG261]

I used to play this game growing up in albania with rocks and we used to make the game in the cardboard

[@GLOBETROTTER92011]

I understood so fast Thank sooo muchhh

[@sewaprolo]

As far as I know, when you move a marker, you're not allowed to return it to the place it moved from during the next turn.

[@aryasuri9421]

That feels so much more fair.

[@reillywalker195]

That's not a rule I've ever encountered, and it takes away from one of the strategies of the game.

[@sewaprolo]

@@reillywalker195 I think the opposite is true. Going back to the place you move from during the next turn completely removes any form of strategy from the game and makes it kinda pointless.

[@reillywalker195]

@@sewaprolo The opposite is true. One strategy identified by Wikipedia and Nintendo is entirely based around moving one piece back and forth between four other pieces of yours to repeatedly form mills; should you attempt to set up such, your opponent should be trying to stop you. Even with the rules being so, neither player has an advantage, with the game ending in a draw if both play perfectly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_men's_morris

[@austie24]

And also, another way to win is by hemming your opponent in (that means they can no longer move).

[@yuliiakvach4934]

Great explanation ❤

[@elizabethratcliffe3859]

In the version I’ve played you can make a 3 diagonally too, and also you can remove from a 3, makes it much more cutthroat

[@shazzakip2]

Well made video. Thanks!

[@eduardmanecuta5350]

You can take one even if there are 3 in a row in the beginning of the game when you put down marbles, if all the other player has are 3 in the row.

[@gandelve]

By circles, he means Concentric squares Markers are placed on intersections of the lines, including corners

[@AnoushkaToley]

Eh??

[@austie24]

I also know that you can win by surrounding your opponent so that they can no longer move.

[@reillywalker195]

That's the other win condition, yes. It's a good one to go for if you can surround your opponent's pieces early on but still move at least some of your own pieces.

[@realshinydragonite1598]

True but just from my personal experience no matter how high your skill level is whenever you play, the person you're playing against is going to beat you

[@harlanaramgemoranon9259]

question can i go back in fort multiple time with out moving other soldier or piece?

[@jacobburrell613]

Here’s a hint: This game dates back to the Roman Empire. Romans were infamously known for their strategy to surround their opponent. Nine Men’s Morris can be seen as one circle inside another, etc etc. each disc represents one division of Roman soldiers. You defeat your opponent by surrounding them so tightly that they have nowhere to go and surrender or in the usual case of the Romans: get massacred

[@nilofersaiyed490]

Thank you this video is very useful

[@drdadson]

You are awesome bro!!

[@diegoalmeida9831]

When we have 3 marks can jump any time or just one time?

[@kwalls4103]

If you have only 3 markers you can jump to any available spot on the board.

[@LeotheTiger1234]

I can't remember the name of it, but there was a PC game that my cousin once had that had this very game.

[@batot_eben_batotah]

2:12 how is that a 3 in a row?

[@嘉恩]

Can you do 3 in row diagonally

[@DIYsober]

No

[@jiegs9363]

I came here because I am currently playing Assassin's Creed 3

[@thatgeek8064]

Not sure why everyone plays 9 men's morris. I find 12 men's morris and 3 men's morris much more strategic. The other morris games are kind of boring and repetitive, and you can very quickly find it impossible to win because of how restrictive their boards are

[@charliemopic470]

Thank you.

[@maddycivas8628]

why are rules at the end of the video

[@toqeerbutt7725]

Howe can i play this game on betfair

[@okieg8960]

Unfortunately any person I play against will get 3 in a row then removed each piece I get near while moving the same pieces over and over. Like bro I’m gonna flip this table

[@DIYsober]

You have to change colours each game. Each time you need to switch colours after the game is over. You should never only start with black or only start with white.

[@eraldtomorri1983]

There's different rules on different parts of the world. You can never remove a men from a mill regardless of them being the last three. Also the last three cannot move any direction they want

[@gayathribalaji9924]

Thank you

[@SmashAtoms]

2:04 so all you have to do is make the exact same two moves over and over and you can win? Wow, thanks, Romans. No wonder your empire went to shit.

[@sammyj.9506]

Does anyone knows Who invented this game?

[@luandang1755]

how to play backgammon is next

[@Taskforce28]

Shoutout to Tonmikida on KZbin;)

[@napppann3486]

Thanks this will be helpful in Assasins Creed Rouge

[@jinhunterslay1638]

I can’t even beat it at INTERMEDIATE

[@realshinydragonite1598]

That's what I thought, but even on beginner the computer will always win

[@abdush3268]

After losing over 5000 Reale on AC IV Black Flag I managed to beat the fker in this game

[@OmarAhmed-sr2bt]

​@@abdush3268still fighting for it😂😂😂

[@carstenmuller8137]

The explanation if correct but the name of the game is "Mühle" / Mill.

[@reillywalker195]

Both names are correct. This game goes by several names including Nine Men's Morris, Mill, and Triples.

[@topobadisang4129]

Wow. In Botswana this game goes by either Mhele/Morabaraba. I'm guessing the "Mhele" must have been from Muhle/Mills. It's most likely Boer/Afrikaaner/Baster influenced because Afrikaans(A Germánic Language, closely related to Flemish) has had quite an influence on many Southern African languages over the past 300 years. Setswana in particular.

[@realshinydragonite1598]

Just for my personal experience anybody that you play against is going to beat you regardless of your skill level

[@greatmohammed3768]

Thanks allot

[@conoroneill189]

When it comes to 9 men's Morris mr Birchall.... I don't play games

[@ShawnRoggow]

Anyone else here because of Black Flag

[@duedate2811]

Ours came with a dice..

[@nxp_sanz]

Can you speak Indonesia?

[@angelsuniverse6021]

Move back n forth one of the 3 in a row pcs (mill) over n over and u wil without doing anything else...that loop make it boring n easy to win. Players should not allow to go back to the mill to tske the oponent pcs.

[@poonamkhanna6540]

❤

[@AB-bd5qs]

Morris is my real name lol

[@adamnool2353]

spamming 3 in a row be like-

[@goodnewsmaphumulo8461]

Umlabalaba ka 12 lo kahle kahle

[@atchaaa]

nin men morise

[@hghlndr2]

who else is watching this for CS449

[@nezkeys79]

This is the worst game ever created in the history of games On assassins creed I have the opponent down by 3 pieces and it suddenly starts makong the same move over and over back and forth and spamming accept a draw. Pathetic The game is forced into a stalemate because of this stupid diamond formation on the middle square

[@Indygenous]

Agree worst game ever.

[@firstmiddlelastname7127]

basically, black lives matt- i mean, black markers are at advantage in late game.

[@kennyisahipster]

This game is actually awful, basically a non-game. Just spam the same move back and forth? Amazing👍

[@vivekdahiya9297]

Who is here after devil's plan. Make attendance 🖲️

[@djviter2ukrajina591]

Ukrajinian "mlyn"...the game is name

[@0condolences]

black never wins anything in real life

[@desmond-hawkins]

Found the racist loser, profile pic checks out.