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Othello (1880)

Average Rating: 6.06/10
Board Game Rank: 1735
Abstract Games Rank: 285
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
1880
# of Players
2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(31 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(22 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(39 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Othello
Alternate Names
Annex
Annexation
Chain Reaction
Heimlich, Still & Leise
Magnetic Othello + Chess
Original Reversi
Over-She-Goes
Óþelló
Ping Guo Qi (Apple Chess)
Pocket Othello
Pocket Othello
Reverschip
Reversi
Reversi & Othello
Reversi Interessantes Brett-Spiel
Reversi Junior
Takeover
Turnemova
White & Black
Yö ja Päivä
Реверси
オセロ
源平碁
黑白棋
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Trap other pieces between your own to capture them, but be aware that the opponent may do the same. Pieces will change sides (colors) dozens of times. The winner is the one with the most pieces when no more pieces can be played on the board.

In Hong Kong, an advertising campaign by Texwood for its Apple Jeans involved the use of Othello sets, retitled Ping Guo Qi (Apple Chess). The sucess of the campaign raised the popularity of the game, and Ping Guo Qi or Apple Chess has since become an alternative name for Hei Bai Qi (Black and White Chess), the more traditional name for the game.

Goro Hasegawa changed Setup of Reversi a bit and renamed it as Othello inspired from Shakespeare's play.

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Contents:

  • 64 Reversible Disks
  • 1 Playing Board
  • 1 Instruction Booklet
  • Assembly Items:
    • 6 Playing Board "Feet"

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Othello
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Mattel Car-Go-Fun Edition
Publisher: Mattel
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Year: 2005
Size: 8.00 x 3.50 x 3.50 inches
0.60 pounds
English
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Mattel edition 2002
Publisher: Mattel
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Year: 2002
Product Code: B3165
Size: 1.80 x 14.80 x 10.60 inches
1.50 pounds
English, French, Spanish
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Fundex version
Publisher: Fundex
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Year: 2001
Size: 12.00 x 10.50 x 2.00 inches
1.00 pounds
English
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Fun-4-All pocket edition
Publisher: Fun-4-All Corp.
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Year: 2001
Size: 3.00 x 3.00 x 0.75 inches
0.10 pounds
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These are all of the files required to play Reversi using EveryGame (available from the App Store for the Apple iPad and iPhone). Simply unzip the archive and copy the individual files onto your iPad to play, or edit them first to create your own modified version.
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1 Chameleon
Chameleon is a videogame I've written inspired by Reversi. It has several new board layouts and 1-4 players with computer AI players.
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3 Othello - Cyberboard Version by Rob Robinson (zombiegod)
Cyberboard version with Scenario You will Need the [url=http://cyberboard.brainiac.com/cyberboardv310.exe]Cyberboard[/url] program to run the files. [b]See my [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18537/my-cyberboard-conversions]Geeklist Here[/url] for all my other Cyberboard Conversions.[/b] Don't forget to Thumb!
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Reversi, by Damian Walker. Traditional Board Game Series, Leaflet #14.
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Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1735
Abstract Games Rank: 285
Num Ratings: 3213
Average Rating: 6.06
Standard Deviation: 1.45
Num Views: 77049
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.1
Fans: 32
Personal Comments: 983
Users Owning: 3773
Users Wanting: 9
Users Trading: 154 [find trade matches]
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