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A fresh deal every time you sit down.
House rules
Mill & Stone
Nine pieces a side. Place them, then slide along the lines; three in a row is a mill and takes an enemy piece. Down to three you may fly. Two opponents a day.
- Room
- Boards
- Game
- Morris
- Made for
- 2001
Play Mill & Stone
Free, no sign-up. Mouse, touch or keyboard.
How to play
- Click a point to place or take a piece; slide by picking a piece then its destination (or drag).
- Arrows + Enter, X cancels.
- U undo, H hint, N next round, Q end.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap a point to place or take a piece; tap a piece then a green dot to slide, or drag.
- Undo, Hint and End sit along the bottom.
Take as long as you like. Pause any time with P; calm mode turns off every flash and shake.
Maker’s note
The mill game was scratched onto cathedral cloisters and played with pebbles for centuries. Ours is nine pieces on three nested squares, with flying once you are down to three and the rule that a piece in a mill is safe unless every piece is. The two daily opponents are seeded; the draws are real, because a good defender can hold. Ranked play is the day's seeded line-up of computer opponents, easiest to hardest: wins, winning margin and fewest moves score points, a quick finish earns a small time bonus, and every undo or hint costs points. Each run is stored as a list of moves, so the server replays the whole set, the opponents' replies included, before it counts. The free game lets you pick Easy, Medium, Hard or two players on one device (two-player games are unranked).
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 150
- 2120
- 3200
- 4280
- 5360
- 6450
- 7550
- 8650
Each target is a step up. Reach the last one and you have outplayed the workshop.
In the Boards room
Board and tile games across a quiet table, one move at a time.
Your hands
Your best ten are kept in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked hand, so clearing site data clears the list.
