Old game that has been played for thousands of years all over the world. It was most popular about five hundred years ago. One player has nine black playing pieces, the other has nine white playing pieces. The first player to reduce their opponent to two pieces wins. Players take turns placing their pieces on the board, attempting to make a line of three. Once all the pieces have been placed, players may slide them, still attempting to make a line of three. Whenever a player makes a line of thr