Five Men's Morris
(Fivepenny Morris, Five Pin Morris, Fipenny Morrell)
Leaderboard
Period(s)
Modern
Region(s)
Northern Europe
Categories
Board, Space, Line.
Description
Five Men's Morris is attested in the seventeenth century, but it is possible that it was played earlier than this. It is played on a Six Men's Morris board, but each player has five pieces. Otherwise, the rules are the same as for Six Men's Morris.
Rules
None. Probably similar to other Morris or Merels games.
DLP evidence.
All Rulesets
Suggested rulesets Cyningstan
Suggested on the website Cyningstan. Murray
Suggested by H. J. R. Murray.
Origin
Europe
Ludeme Description
Five Men's Morris.lud
Reference
Murray 1951: 43
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Sources
Hyde, T. 1694. De Ludis Orientalibus Libri Duo: Historia Nerdiludii, hoc est Dicere, Trunculorum, cum quibuidam aliis Arabum, Persarum, Indorum, Chinensium, & aliarum Gentium Ludis tam Politicis quam Bellicis, plerumque Europae inauditis, multo minus visis: additis omnium Nominibus in dictarum Gentium Linguis. Ubi etiam Classicorum Graecorum & Latinorum loca quaedam melius quam hactenus factum est explicantur. Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano.
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
