German for “the morris archive”. Nine men’s morris is more than one game – it’s a whole family. Seven of its members, opponents with character and an archive full of games that break off halfway. You play them to the end.
Coming soon to Google PlayMühlenarchiv is still in closed testing. This page describes the test version; things may still change before launch.
For Android 8 or later. In class, students vote in the browser – on any device with a browser, no app needed.
White is to move and places a stone. Where does White close a mill?
In the basement of an old city library, Ilse collects morris boards: scratched roof tiles, photos taken in the sand, notches in a tavern board, tournament records. Many games break off halfway.
Every find is an interrupted position with a task, such as “White to move wins a stone in two moves”. More than 130 finds in seven boxes, each with exactly one solution – proven by the program, not guessed.
Between the finds, a mysterious “Z.” keeps turning up. The more boxes you solve, the closer you get to the story.
Against characters with their own style, with two players on one device or by message over any messenger. Plus a new daily find, the same for everyone – no streaks, no pressure.
Every variant shows its origin and source in the app. Whether you may fly with three stones is disputed in the sources – you decide with a setting.
Instead of “easy, medium, hard”: Hedwig the innkeeper hems you in, Anton the forester captures wherever he can, Marlene the cantor builds double mills. In three men’s morris and Achi, the Unbeatable awaits – it knows every position.
If you can close a mill, you must – and that helps your opponent. First down to two stones wins.
Each side secretly picks a line. Close yours – or guess your opponent’s before they do. Bluffing encouraged.
Build robots from rule cards, put them in order and watch which rule decides each move – with a tournament against the characters. A way into algorithms, not a coding course and not AI: the robot learns nothing, it does what the cards say.
Ten evenings at Z.’s old board. Whoever wins leaves a mark – a point breaks off, a connection cracks, a diagonal is carved in. The board remembers.
Seven visits on Z.’s old routes, each harder than the last, with three candles and a talisman before every visit. The trip ends where it began: back in the archive.
You know nine men’s morris and want more: twelve men’s morris, Morabaraba, Lasker morris – and opponents who don’t all play the same.
A find every day, more than 130 in the archive, each with exactly one solution. Plus a story that moves on with the boxes.
Class vs computer: the teacher’s device shows the board on the projector, everyone else votes on the next move in their browser – on the same Wi-Fi, no app, no account, no names. The Morris machine shows how an algorithm works through its rules.
On one device at the table or as a game by message: every move becomes a short code you send over your messenger. No account, no server.
No ads, no subscription. A single one-time purchase is planned.
$2.79
Every variant, every box of finds including Z.’s game, the Unbeatable, Tavern evenings and Z.’s round trip.
Planned price in the USA as of October 2026 (Germany: €2.99). The app has not been released yet; the price shown by Google Play at checkout is binding.
As soon as closed testing on Google Play is complete. There is no fixed date yet.
No. Mühlenarchiv works offline. Only Class vs computer uses your own Wi-Fi so the class can vote – none of it leaves the Wi-Fi.
The app is Android-only. In Class vs computer, though, any device with a browser can vote, iPhones included.
No account, no ads, no data collection. In a game by message, you send your moves yourself through your messenger; nothing reaches us. The details are in the privacy policy (German).
No. Purchases are tied to your Google account. On the new device, “Restore purchase” brings it back.
English and German.
Write to us at kontakt@wunderkammer-apps.de – ideally including the source you know.
Mühlenarchiv is coming soon to Google Play – no ads, no subscription, no account.
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