That board looks fearsomely Gothic Mike. Or is it one of your own pieces of craft-work? The Nine Men of the title obviously refer to the 9 pegs of each player. Does the term Morris (Moorish) refer specifically to the black pegs, perhaps? Does the player with the black pegs start the play, as in draughts? I believe there are still a few stately gardens which have a Morris-lawn, upon which the game may be played by teams of people instead of pegs. That could be chaotic if each player decided his own moves!
The nine-men's-morris is filled up with mud And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread are undistinguishable (Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream)
The nine-men's-morris is filled up with mud And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread are undistinguishable (Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Hi Lori. The easiest way of learning the game is to watch it. Just checked it on Google, and there's so much about it there that I think it might be possible to learn it from Google. I don't know if the derivation of the name is Moorish, as in morris dancers, although the reference to it in A Midsummer night's dream might seem to indicate that. Black team starts as in draughts. Our board is, I think, an old bread board, with the lines cut on it, although I do know of a few stools with the tops cut as nine men's morris boards. I don't know of any early outdoor morris lawns, although you may be right. Cheers, Mike.
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Thanks! I still don't have a clue as to how you play it...more power to you!
That board looks fearsomely Gothic Mike. Or is it one of your own pieces of craft-work?
The Nine Men of the title obviously refer to the 9 pegs of each player. Does the term Morris (Moorish) refer specifically to the black pegs, perhaps? Does the player with the black pegs start the play, as in draughts?
I believe there are still a few stately gardens which have a Morris-lawn, upon which the game may be played by teams of people instead of pegs. That could be chaotic if each player decided his own moves!
The nine-men's-morris is filled up with mud And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread are undistinguishable
(Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream)
The nine-men's-morris is filled up with mud And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread are undistinguishable
(Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Hi Lori. The easiest way of learning the game is to watch it. Just checked it on Google, and there's so much about it there that I think it might be possible to learn it from Google.
I don't know if the derivation of the name is Moorish, as in morris dancers, although the reference to it in A Midsummer night's dream might seem to indicate that.
Black team starts as in draughts.
Our board is, I think, an old bread board, with the lines cut on it, although I do know of a few stools with the tops cut as nine men's morris boards.
I don't know of any early outdoor morris lawns, although you may be right.
Cheers, Mike.
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