Nine Men's Morris Online & App
The best way to play Nine Men's Morris (Merels / Mills) today: a beautiful, ad-light iPhone app with a new puzzle every day.
Play it on your phone
Rather than a throwaway browser game, Merels is a proper, hand-crafted Nine Men's Morris app built for the way people actually play now — a couple of quiet minutes a day. Every board is designed and solver-checked, the interface is calm and uncluttered, and your streak follows you.
One fresh Nine Men's Morris position every day, the same for everyone. Solve it in as few moves as you can, keep your streak, and share your result.
A full game of Nine Men's Morris against an AI opponent, from gentle to genuinely tough.
A library of "form a mill in N moves" challenges that scale from beginner to expert.
New to the game?
Nine Men's Morris takes two minutes to learn and years to master. Start with our full guide: How to Play Nine Men's Morris — the board, the rules, how to form a mill, and the strategy that wins games.
Is there a free online version?
Merels is an iPhone app rather than a browser game — that's what lets the boards, animations and daily streak feel properly polished. The daily puzzle, the first ten library puzzles, and the game against the computer are free; an optional subscription removes ads and unlocks the full puzzle set and archive.