Captain Jack Casino

The ancient game of nine men's morris, carved into a travertine slab in a sunlit courtyard. The pieces are polished marble and basalt, and every row of 3 you close cuts a glowing groove through the board and lets you remove one from your rival. Placing • Take turns setting your 9 pieces on the 24 points. Close a row and take a rival piece, though never one from a closed row while loose ones remain. • Choose who places first, you or the bot, and the order swaps in a rematch. Moving • Once every stone is down, slide one step along the grooves to an empty neighbouring point. • A player held to 2 pieces, or left with no legal move, finishes second. Repeating a position 3 times or a long run of quiet moves ends in a draw. Flying • Down to your last 3, you may fly straight to any empty point, which keeps the endgame tense. • A trio of bots waits in the courtyard: Novice the Apprentice, Adept the Mason, who looks 3 plies ahead, and Master the Sculptor, a patient deep searcher. • Duo mode lets two people share one device, as light and dark. Around the board Pick one of 3 layouts for either mode: nine men's on 24 points, six men's on 16 points with no flying, or three men's on a small grid with diagonals where the first row of 3 ends the game. Lessons teach 8 chapters with hands-on positions, from guarded pieces and blocking to the swinging shape and the blockade. Six board styles, such as Travertine, Slate Night and Laurel Garden, unlock through play. Records keep finishes against each bot, fastest games, captures, Duo games and the last 20 matches. The Chronicle quiz asks 10 questions per round from 26 real facts on ancient and medieval games. The animated background shows slow sunbeams and drifting dust over shaded stone, and you can switch it off in Settings next to haptics and a progress reset. A rotating stone wheel on the home screen leads to every section, with a plain list view one tap away. The game plays fully offline with no account needed.