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Preview: historical board game Armenian mill on a light brown round playing field made of leather without playing pieces

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Twelve Men`s Morris or Armenian Morris

Mobile Preview: historical board game Armenian mill on a dark brown leather playing field with black and white playing pieces

Mobile Preview: historical board game Armenian mill on a beige round playing field made of leather without playing pieces

Mobile Preview: historical board game Armenian mill on a grey round playing field made of leather without playing pieces

Mobile Preview: historical board game Armenian mill on a light brown round playing field made of leather without playing pieces

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Twelve Men`s Morris or Armenian Morris

Product No.:: B002
Shipping time:: ca. 3-4 days (abroad may vary)
Stock:: 125 pieces
Size:: 23 cm
Material game material :: Glass nuggets
Material Playing field:: Lether
Manufacturer:: Historische Brettspiele, Steffen Schmidt, Zörnigaller Str. 11, 06895 Zahna-Elster OT. Bülzig
security advice:: Caution! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts can be swallowed. Choking hazard!
Contact:: www.historische-brettspiele.de/en
Contents:: 1 leather playing field, 12 glass playing pieces per color, 1 replacement piece per color, game instructions
Weight:: 0.17 kg per piece

color of the playing field:

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2. Player:

18,00 EUR

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The mill game. Played for thousands of years in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Asia, Europe...
Due to its diagonals, the Armenian mill offers considerably more possibilities to form mills. This shortens the duration of the game.
In Europe, the mill game has been known since the Bronze Age (grave goods in Cr Bri Chualann in Wicklow/Ireland). In Germany, different variations of the mill, such as the nine-mill, the wheel or round mill, as well as the three-mill were discovered during excavations of Roman border fortifications. The game has also been known in China for around 2000 years. This tactical game is probably one of the oldest board games of all.
From the 12th to the 18th century, the mill game was one of the most popular board games in Europe. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the mill was gradually replaced by chess.
There are numerous variants of the game, such as the Armenian mill game, in which the rules of the game are the same as for the well-known mill. However, the game board has additional diagonal lines, which provide more opportunities to form mills.

Our board games are burnt onto leather, making them durable. And the game almost packs itself for transport. The only thing you have to do is press the game down slightly with one finger in the centre of the playing field, pull the string and the game has already packed itself. It should stay that way for transport. All you have to do now is push the bead up to the bag that has just formed and the game is packed ready for travelling. The games can be used in this way on hikes, on bike tours, in the car or even on long flights. The games are packed so small that the pocket of a jacket is sufficient to take this pleasant form of entertainment with you.

Languages Instructions: DE, FR, IT, EN
Players:                          2
Contents:                       1 playing field on leather,
                                      12 glass playing pieces + 1 spare
Warning: Caution! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts can be swallowed.
                                          Choking hazard!
Playing field size:        23 cm

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