Mhele strategy that starts with good habits.

During placement, every piece should contribute to possible lines or useful movement routes. Points with several connections usually offer more future choices than points with only a few exits, but an edge or corner can still be important when it completes or blocks a line.

• Look for placements that support two possible mills instead of only one obvious line.
• Block an immediate opposing mill, but avoid reacting so often that you never build your own position.
• Keep pieces connected across more than one part of the board so one blocked area does not trap your whole plan.
• Notice the diagonal lines: TswanaPlay counts the four corner diagonals as valid mill lines.

A mill earns one capture, but the position around it matters too. A useful mill can sometimes be opened and formed again later. The best opportunity is often a move that creates a mill now while also leaving another credible threat.

After forming a mill, compare the opponent's legal capture targets. A piece outside a mill must be chosen if any such piece exists. Within those legal choices, look for the piece that supports several lines, protects a nearly completed mill, or keeps an important route open.

• Break a developing double threat when you can identify one.
• Consider mobility: removing a well-connected piece may restrict several later moves.
• Count the opponent's remaining pieces before capturing; approaching three pieces changes the game because flying becomes available.
• If every opposing piece is currently in a mill, the rules allow you to capture one of those mill pieces.

Once placement ends, a piece normally moves only to an adjacent empty point along a printed line. Scan the whole board before choosing. A tempting move can close your own route, expose a mill, or leave a cluster with no useful exits.

• Count the legal destinations available to both players, especially around crowded areas.
• Use one move to defend and improve your position when possible.
• Do not keep every piece in one tight cluster; spread enough to contest different lines.
• When the opponent has few legal moves, safe blocking can be as valuable as an immediate mill threat.

At three pieces, adjacency no longer limits movement: a piece may fly to any empty point. The board becomes more tactical because distant threats can appear in one move. Recount every open point before committing.

• Look for direct mills first, then for destinations that create two possible mills next turn.
• Recheck newly emptied points because they may become useful destinations on a later turn.
• Against a flying opponent, do not assume distance makes a line safe.