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Opponent ladder
Numbered opponents with increasing strength, saved locally as you beat each one.
African 12-Men's Morris Board Game
Morabaraba · African 12-Men's Morris Board Game
Place and move pieces to form mills, capture your opponent, and climb a ladder of increasingly tough AI opponents.
- Play style
- AI difficulty ladder
- Best for
- Turn-based strategy sessions
- Where to play
- Mobile or desktop
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Play Instant ➔Instructions & Rules
How to Play Morabaraba
Follow these simple steps to master the game mechanics and clear every tier.
- 01Step
Choose an opponent from the difficulty ladder, then place your 12 pieces on the 24-point board, alternating turns.
- 02Step
Form a mill — three of your pieces in a line — to capture an opponent piece.
- 03Step
Once all pieces are placed, slide to an adjacent empty point (or fly to any empty point once down to 3 pieces) to keep forming mills. Reduce your opponent below 3 pieces, or leave them with no legal move, to win.
Key Features
Climb a ladder of opponents with real capture tactics.
Morabaraba is a full placement-and-movement mill game, not a simplified template, played against a heuristic AI that gets tougher as you climb the ladder.
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Full mill rules
Placement phase, movement phase, flying with three pieces, and chained mill captures.
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Traditional roots
A real implementation of the Southern African mill-capture tradition, not a generic board reskin.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Morabaraba?
Morabaraba is a traditional Southern African strategy board game in the Nine Men’s Morris / mill-capture family, played with 12 pieces per side on a 24-point board.
How do I capture a piece in Morabaraba?
Form a mill — three of your own pieces in a straight line on the board — to capture one of your opponent’s pieces.
How do I win?
Reduce your opponent to fewer than 3 live pieces, or leave them with no legal move on their turn.
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