How to play Nine Men’s Morris with Gather
Nine Men’s Morris is for two players, or you against the computer. Your phone guides you through every phase – placing, moving, flying and taking – with a hint line below the board.
Choose the game and your opponent
In the iPhone app, tap “Nine Men’s Morris” under “Play without a TV” and pick “Play the computer” or “Invite friends (2–6)”. On the game table, choose “With your phones” or “With computer opponents”.
Join and get ready
Your opponent joins with the room code, and you both tap “Ready”. Gather draws lots for who starts; against the computer, you go first.
Place your pieces
In the first phase, the hint reads “Place a piece on a free point”. Tap a free point. Next to your name you can see how many pieces you still have to place.
Move and fly
Once all pieces are placed, tap one of your pieces first and then one of the glowing points. When you’re down to three pieces, your phone shows “You may fly: choose a piece”.
Take a piece
When you close a mill, “Mill! Tap an opponent’s piece.” appears. The pieces you’re allowed to take light up – tap one of them.
The end and a rematch
After the game, choose “Rematch”, “Leave room” or “View board”. On the TV, the options are “Rematch” and “Done”.
Tips
- The TV shows both players with their remaining pieces on the left and the rules under “How to play” on the right, with the current phase highlighted.
- You can resign at any time from the menu at the top right of your phone.