The choice of used books is massive - from classic novels to childrens books, and so much more. even from the tribes of the Native American Southwest, with all of the rules to play them each, and clear images of each board set.
#BOOKS ON NINE MENS MORRIS SERIES#
This fact does not have any consequences for games without the aid of computers, however, as the strategies are sufficiently complex. Giving used books new life is what we do best. Book Two in the series on Ancient Games - Learn the long history, rules and strategies of Nine Men's Morris and its variants ('Three Men's Morris' or 'Nine Holes', all the way up to 'Twelve Men's Morris'), and also other variants from around the world - from parts of Europe, Africa, India, and elsewhere. The calculations this required, for which several computers and programmes were used, stretched over three years with interruptions. At ETH Zurich in 1994, Jürg Nievergelt and Ralph Gasser proved that a game played correctly by both players always ends in a draw. The memory capacity in today's computers enables the creation of extensive databases of game positions and their evaluation, which can be used to analyse games of strategy like Nine Men's Morris. Nine Men's Morris enjoyed immense popularity in the late Middle Ages. Six Men's Morris is known to date back to around 500 BC and the smaller versions of the game were also popular in Ancient Rome, with Roman legionaries taking them to the four corners of the Roman Empire.
Our version of this historic game is beautifully.
Nine-Men's-Morris-style patterns and boards are found carved in clay or stone virtually all over the world, some even dating back to before Christ. Nine Mens Morris is an abstract strategy board game for two players that emerged from the Roman Empire. Besides the common Twelve and Nine Men's Morris today, there are also smaller versions of the game, such as Six or Three Men's Morris (a square board with three-by-three points and three pieces each). Nine Men's Morris belongs to the "three-in-a-row" game family. The player with only two pieces left at the end is the loser. In the final phase, a player who only has three pieces left can jump to any vacant point on the board. Nine Mens Morris is a board game for two players with nine white and nine black pieces. The beginning of the game, where the players take it in turns to place their pieces on the board's twenty-four intersection or corner points, is followed by the move phase, where the pieces are moved alternately to adjacent vacant points. Game for soldiers at the front during the Second World War. three pieces in a row, thereby taking one opponent's piece after another. The aim of the game is to form "mills", i.e. Nine Men's Morris is a board game for two players with nine white and nine black pieces. Game for soldiers at the front during the Second World War.