1First take turns placing your pieces on empty points.
2Then slide a piece along a line to an adjacent empty point.
3Three in a row along a line is a mill, and lets you remove an enemy piece.
4With three pieces left you may fly anywhere; leave your opponent two pieces or no move to win.
Questions
Reduce your opponent to two pieces (so they cannot form mills) or block all their pieces so they cannot move. Win by reducing your opponent to two pieces, or by blocking all their pieces so they cannot make a legal move.
The board has 24 intersection points arranged in three concentric squares connected by lines. Each player has 9 pieces of their color. The board starts empty.
Control intersection points that belong to multiple potential mills. During placement, prioritize positions that can form multiple mills. Keep your pieces connected and mobile; isolated pieces are vulnerable.
Nine Men's Morris is one of the oldest known board games, with boards carved into ancient Egyptian temples and the roof slabs of the Kurna temple (c. 1400 BCE). It was extremely popular in medieval Europe.