![]() ![]() If a player is able to place three of his pieces on contiguous points in a straight line, vertically or horizontally, he has formed a mill and may remove one of his opponent's pieces from the board and the game. The players determine who plays first, then take turns placing their men one per play on empty points. The game proceeds in three phases: Placing men on vacant points Moving men to adjacent points(optional phase) Moving men to any vacant point when the player has been reduced to three men A player wins by reducing the opponent to two pieces (where he could no longer form mills and thus be unable to win), or by leaving him without a legal move. Players try to form 'mills'-three of their own men lined horizontally or vertically-allowing a player to remove an opponent's man from the game. Each player has nine pieces, or "men", usually coloured black and white. The board consists of a grid with twenty-four intersections or points. The normal board is square whereas mine is circular, however the rules still hold true, my board just makes the game a little more interesting. I did not want to re-invent the wheel by recreating rules from memory, so I have taken this version from a single source and not wising to be accused of plagiarism that source is Wikipedia the link to the original article is 's_Morris. When cutting the corners of to make the disk try to remove as much as possible - this helps with the turning and also makes it a bit safer to turn (less pointy corners to catch your fingers on), as well as improving the initial balance on the lathe. I then cut the disk out on the band saw and drilled an 8mm hole in the middle which would later be used to mount the disk on the screw chuck of my lathe. ![]() ![]() The approximate location for a decorative center piece.I marked the center of the peace followed by 5 circles, the distances were approximately equal and marked the positions of: I cut a square on the band saw large enough to give a circle of about 30cms when trimmed and turned. The board would be made from re-cycled material, in this case part of an old table top. I wanted to use the lathe to make the board so here was the first change to the game - Mine would be a round board. Whenever a player is unable to move, or have been reduced to their last two stones (and cannot form a mill), that player loses.The original game was played on a square board using some form of marker, normally a disk, to identify the players pieces. To remove as many of your opponents’ pieces from the board as possible, or to block your opponent so they cannot move. Once a piece has been captured, it remains out of play for the rest of the game. It is perfectly acceptable for a player to move a piece away from a mill on one turn, and then move it right back into the mill on the next turn to capture another piece. Whenever a player manages to line up three of their pieces in a row on adjacent points in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal), that player has formed what is called a “mill.” Whenever a player forms a mill, they may remove any one of their opponents’ pieces from the board, except for pieces that are also part of a mill (the exception is when all of the opponents’ pieces form mills…in which case any one of them may be removed). A point must be unoccupied and adjacent for a piece to move there, and no jumping is allowed. When all of the pieces are on the board, players on their turn may then move one piece along the lines of the board from one point to another. Play alternates back and forth with each player placing one piece per turn on any open point on the board until all 18 pieces have been played. White plays first by placing a single piece on the board at any point. Players decide on who plays white and who plays black. There are points located at every corner of every square, as well as at every intersection of a line and a square (for a total of 24 points).ġ8 round stones or counters (9 black, 9 white) Each square is connected to each other square on each side by a straight line in the middle of each side. Very popular during medieval times, this challenging board game has lapsed somewhat into obscurity, but the rules have remained intact and largely unchanged.Ī square board consisting of 3 concentric squares. ![]()
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