Nine mens moris
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Nine men's morris is a strategy board game for two players dating at least to the Roman Empire. The game is also known as nine-man morris, mill, mills, the mill game, merels, merrills, merelles, marelles, morelles and ninepenny marl in English. The game has also been called cowboy checkers and is sometimes printed on the back of checkerboards. Nine men's morris is a solved game – one in which either player can force the game into a draw. It's name derives from the Latin word merellus, 'gamepiece'.
The game was also played and practiced in India. Dating back to the 9th–10th centuries, evidence of game has been found on stone inscriptions in Bhoga Nandeeswara temple in Karnataka. It was known as saalu mane ata, jodpi ata or char-par in the Kannada language, and navakankari in Sanskrit.
** Rules **
The board consists of a grid with twenty-four intersections or points. Each player has nine pieces, or