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Three Men's Morris

Three Men's Morris is played on a three by three board (counting
lines) and is a game of position. The figure below indicates the
type of board:

The game is thought to be a direct ancestor of tic-tac-toe. It is
also related to Six Men's Morris and Nine Men's Morris.

The game is played with two sets of three pieces (one set for each
player), with each set having its own colour. Each player takes
it in turn to place pieces on intersection points, the first
person to place three along a line wins the game. Once all six
pieces are placed (assuming there is no winner by then), play
proceeds with each player moving one of their own pieces per turn.
A piece may be moved one line segment per turn.

Your assignment is to implement the game of Three Men's Morris
using Swing.

Explanation / Answer

Rules

The game is played with two sets of four pieces (one set for each player), with each set having its own colour.

Each player takes it in turn to place pieces on intersection points, the first person to place three along a line wins the game.

History

The earliest known board for this game is one similar to the one shown in above figure, which was found on the roof of the temple in Kurna, Egypt dating back to 1400 BC.

The earliest known mention in literature is in Ovid's Ars Amatoria[?].

It is thought that the Chinese played this game under the name Luk tsut K'i during the time of Confucius (circa 500 BC)

Boards for three mens morris dating back to 13th Century[?] can be found carved into the cloister seats[?] at the cathedrals at Canterbury, Gloucester, Norwich, Salisbury and Westminister Abbey[?].

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