Twelve Men's Morris
BGG rank
BGG #24,828
BGG rating
5.9

Twelve Men's Morris

Rules assistance for Twelve Men's Morris

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 20 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

Rules assistant for Twelve Men's Morris

For 2 players

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Twelve Men's Morris is a board game for 2 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. Its main mechanics are Point to Point Movement and Pattern Building.

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About the game

Twelve Men's Morris is a traditional board game similar to Nine Men's Morris. It was most popular during the Middle Ages when it was played in courts across Europe. It is played on a board with 24 nodes joined by lines; each player has twelve pieces. The game proceeds in three phases: Players alternately place one piece on a node in each move. If a player makes three in a row, he or she can capture one of the opponent's pieces. Once all the pieces are placed, players take turns moving the pieces to adjacent nodes. Again, whenever a player forms three in a row, one of the opponent's pieces may be captured. When one player is down to just three pieces, the remaining pieces may "fly" to anywhere on the board (not just adjacent nodes). You win when you reduce your opponent to two pieces, or when he or she can't move. Two possible boards exist. One has three concentric squares marked with the mid-points of the adjacent sides of the the squares linked and also the adjacent corners linked. This is known as "small board Twelve Men's Morris". The other board has four concentric squares marked, and similar to Nine Men's Morris, has only the mid-points of the adjacent sides of the the squares linked. This is known as "large board Twelve Men's Morris".

Publishers

  • (Public Domain)
  • The Game Crafter, LLC
  • MacGregor Historic Games
  • NewVenture Games

Questions and answers

Twelve Men's Morris supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.