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Nine Men Hall

One candle a day

Problem of the day

Problem of the day · Solve it to light today's candle.

Setting up the board…

Candles lit in a row

Current run: 0Longest run: 0

Solve the daily problem to light today's candle. Miss a day and the row starts again.

Every visitor gets the same position on the same day. Solve it and a candle is lit for that day; solve on consecutive days and the row of candles grows.

How the daily problem is chosen

The table changes from day to day in a fixed cycle of eight: the mill table appears three times, the other five tables once each.

Difficulty follows the weekday: easy on Monday and Tuesday, medium on Wednesday and Thursday, hard from Friday to Sunday.

The date is read from your own clock, so a new problem appears at your local midnight.

The order of tables in the eight-day cycle: Nine men's morris, Draughts, Nine men's morris, Reversi, Four in a row, Nine men's morris, Five in a row, Dots and boxes.

The week ahead

    If you are new to a table

    Each problem shows its goal above the board. The rules of every game are on its table page and collected on the rules page.