Just a quick announcement . . . I’ve scheduled a Nine Men Morris class for June 8 at the Cherry Hills Library. I also plan on offering a class or two at the Los Lunas Public Library as soon as I confirm the date. Nine Men Morris is a simple enough game, yet it offers some challenging strategies for the advancing players – a friendly game for all ages and skill levels!
I am being optimistic by scheduling a Nine Men Morris tournament for June 24th, also at the Cherry Hills Library. I’ve had enough discussions with parents to believe that there would be a real interest in some healthy competition – and Nine Men Morris would be a good outlet. I also plan on adding a fund-raising element to the tournament, with each participant gather pledges for number of games completed during the tournament. I hope we can come up with some nice prizes for all who participate and for the Morris Champion!
I’ve also offered to teach the game to the children’s librarian for the library’s teen boardgame night. We will see how that develops . . . but I think its the least we can do considering how much we are using their facility for our classes. I might even show up for the gameboarding session to offer some instruction on how to play.
We had seven students at the second chainmail class . . . a quieter event, but still a little demanding for the younger ones. Still, we had fun and learned alot about chainmail making and about Medieval armor in general. But I think the pennywhistle and nine men morris events will probably be alot more fun!!!
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