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G1M2 brought us a handful of old arcade classics from Data East as their first batch of Minis. Now they are back with something original, not emulated, but even older: Ancient Game Treasures: Mill.
Mill is a board game that dates back to the Egyptians (or at least Romans), but I had never heard of it until about a month or so ago when it was included in another Mini, Family Games from Icon Games. There it was called by its English name: Nine Men's Morris (or just Morris).
It's really not like any modern game I can think of. There is a slight resemblance to Tic-Tac-Toe, but only if you squint a lot. The board is square, with two progressively smaller squares in the center. At each corner of a square andat each midpoint of a side is a spot for a playing piece, 24 spots in all.
Each player has 9 pieces, presumably the "men" in the English name, though really just colored rocks or pebbles (or, perhaps, if playing at lunch time, muffins). Players take turns playing one of their rocks on an empty spot. Once the pieces are all placed, the players then take turns sliding their rocks around the board. By slide, I mean they can only move one of their pieces to an adjacent empty space.