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The ancient board game of Nine Men's Morris, recently popularized by the computer game Assassin's Creed, has been played for over 2,000 years. Nine Men's Morris is also known as the Mills game, Merelles, Mühle spiel, Malom or Cowboy Checkers. Nine Men's Morris is a game of great strategic complexity. Just when one thinks one is winning, the opponent can gain the upper hand and win. Although computer analysis shows that Nine Men's Morris is a draw with optimal play, humans can learn much by playing this rather baffling board game. In 2,000 years, very little has been published about the strategy for this game. Now, this new book presents optimal strategies verified by modern computer analysis. This book covers various topics: ● Nine Men's Morris History and Rules ● Opening Game Theory and Strategy ● Perpetual Mills and Unblockable Mills ● How to Defeat a Flying Opponent ● Dozens of Annotated Games ● Hundreds of Illustrations ● Pincer attacks For those who want to become an expert at playing the Nine Men's Morris board game, reading this book will provide the answers.