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Six Men's Morris DLP Game   

Period Medieval

Region Western Europe

Category Board, Space, Line

Description

Six Men's Morris was popular in Medieval Europe until about 1600 CE. It is an alignment game based on Nine Men's Morris, with similar rules.

Rules

None. It is assumed they are similar to Nine Men's Morris and other similar games.

DLP evidence.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Suggested rulesets
Cyningstan Rules suggested on Cyningstan website.
Murray Suggested by Murray.

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules known from DLP evidence.

Origin

Europe

Ludeme Description

Six Men's Morris.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 42

Evidence Map

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Sources

Ducange, C. 1678. Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis. Niort: L. Favre.

Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Similar Games

Five Men's Morris

Tsoro Yemutwelve

Twelve Men's Morris

Nine Men's Morris

Achi

Triodi (Diagonal)

Triodi

Mlabalaba

La Chascona

Nerenchi Keliya

Identifiers

DLP.Games.70

BGG.25702


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