Six Men's Morris is a board game popular during the middle ages in England, France and Italy.

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Rules

Six Men's Morris is played in the same way as Nine Men's Morris, with two changes, the first is that each player has six men and the second is that it is played on the above shown board (which is similar to that used by Nine Men's Morris, except it lacks the outer set of lines).

Bibliography

  • HJR Murray, History of Board Games other than Chess (1952)
  • RC Bell, Board and Table Games from many Civilizations (1960)