Othello rules are actually simple, but studying othello can take a lifetime. In this situation play passes back to the other player. Game can also lead to the situation where player can not make move, but his opponent can. Most often such situation occurs when all discs of one player are wiped out (it is possible). Sometimes game can be ended earlier if no player can make a move. The game ends when all the fields are occupied. The aim of the game is to reach the maximum number of own pieces on the board at the end of the game. Placing white disc on a field marked with a star (F3) means capturing verticaly (F4 and F5), horizontaly (E3) and diaganally (E4 and D5). In this situation it’s White turn to move. Such situation is presented on the image below. If it’s possible to capture in two or more directions, capturing occurs in all directions at once. In this case White would “catch” two discs (F4 and E4). The capture would be made with the help of the disc on D4.Īs i said, in othello capturing is mandatory in every move! If you cant capture any enemy discs, you can’t make a move.Ĭapturing can be made vertically, horizontally or diagonally. If it were White’s turn to move, White could play in the field marked with a white star (G4). The capture would be made with the help of the disc on E4. Then the disc standing on the D4 would be captured and would change color to black. If it were Black’s turn to move, Black could play in the field marked with a black star (C4). The diagram below shows an example of the capturing. In practice they are reversed to the other side and they change color. As a result of capturing enemy discs become discs of player who made a capture. Capturing is done by cathing (sandwiching) enemy discs between your newly placed disc and one (or more) of other own discs.Ĭapturing can be made vertically, horizontally or diagonally. In othello capturing is mandatory in every move! You must capture at least one enemy disc. Discs don’t move, but they can change color many times (they can be fliped). In one move player can place one disc of his color on the board. Black begins the game and then the players make moves alternately. One player is Black and the other plays is White. This initial setup is shown on a diagram below. They are arranged in a “chessboard-like” pattern so the black disc is on the left side of each player, and white is on on the right. Each disc can be repeatedly reversed during the game, depending on which player wins it.īefore the game start, four discs are set on four central fields of the board. You also need 64 pieces (also called “disks” or “discs”), which are white on one side and black on the other side. The board for othello is always green (as shown below).
To play othello you need a board with 64 square fields (8×8). It will be more convenient because othello rules are well established. The current world champion is Yusuke Takanashi, who took the title from Makoto Suekuni.Īlthough reversi has longer history, I’ll describe the rules of othello first. Japanese are especially good in this sport. World Federation of Othello exists since 2005.
There are tournaments, there are world champions, there are organizations promoting the game of othello. Intelectual property related to othello is still protected. We can therefore say that game of reversi is more “traditional”, while othello is contemporary game formed on the basis of reversi. His company – Kabushiki Kaisha Othello – registered word “othello” as a trademark. Othello is a variant of reversi codified by Goro Hasegawa from Japan. Interestingly, the game of reversi was one of the first games produced by the German company Ravensburger (the same one that released Malefiz). It is highly likely that any of these men used some older concept. Some sources say that it could be invented by Lewis Waterman or John Mollett. Game called reversi was undoubtedly known since XIX century.
I would like you to perceive the differences.īefore describing rules of reversi and othello lets make little “historical introduction”. I would like to bring you closer to the rules of these two games. Both played on 8×8 board with two-color discs, but details are different. Even in some Wikipedia posts you can read that reversi is another name of othello. Game of othello becomes increasingly popular, but many people know this game as “ reversi“.
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