Unit 4 Ch 31 Give your Mind a Workout! — English STD 5 — Question

1. Name of the game : Nine Men’s Morris
2. No of players: 2
3. Type of game: Board game
4. Things required: Board, buttons, beads, seeds etc. as pieces.
5. How to play: Each player has nine pieces one set black and one set white Players take turns to place their pieces one at a time. If one player is able to place three ‘men’ in a row or column ‘a mill’ is formed. Once a mill is formed that player can remove his opponents men. Rules to be followed:

One cannot remove men in one’s opponent’s mill, unless he/she has no other men left on the board Once all men are placed on board you can start moving them only to an adjacent spot which is empty. When only three men are left, they can fly i.e. move to any vacant spot on the board. Deciding the winner: If a player has less than three men left or if he/she is unable to make a move, his opponent is declared the winner.