3 and 6 Mens Morris by Anubis_

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This ancient game is probably a direct ancestor of the better known Nine Men's Morris as well as Tic-Tac-Toe. It is played on a board of three rows and three columns. Players have three pieces each and take turns first placing then moving their pieces. The goal is to form a straight or diagonal line of three. There are two forms of the game: In the simple version, diagonal moves are illegal; in the more complex variant they are allowed.
"Six Men's Morris is played in the same way as Nine Men's Morris, with two changes, the first is that each player has six men and the second is that it is played on [a modified] board (which is similar to that used by Nine Men's Morris, except it lacks the outer set of lines)."
Variation: Five Men's Morris is played on the same modified board, but using 5 men on a side instead of six.