About Othello
It is the classic board game, played one disc at a time with each side taking turns.
Your goal is to control the board by turning the other side's discs into your color. The rules fit in one sentence, but every disc you place changes which lines are open, so this plays as a real strategy game where each move needs a plan.
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A capture works like this. You put your disc at the end of a line of your opponent's discs, with one of your own already sitting at the other end, and everything trapped in between flips to your color. A move always has to start right next to an enemy disc.
The corners matter more than any other squares. A disc in a corner cannot be flipped, so once you own one, it stays yours until the match ends.
The game is made for 2 player matches and comes with different board setups. That means not every match opens from the same starting position, which changes where the first fights over lines happen.
Quick summary
- You and your opponent take turns placing discs of your own color.
- Each disc must go next to an enemy disc and close off a line of them.
- Every disc trapped in that line flips over to your color.
- When the match is over, the player who controls the board wins.
Key features
- Classic Othello rules with black and white discs.
- You capture by trapping a line of enemy discs between two of yours.
- Corner discs can never be flipped.
- Several board setups change how a match starts.
- Each turn is a small brain puzzle about which line to close.
Tips & tricks
- Take a corner whenever you get the chance, because nothing can flip it back.
- Before you place a disc, check every line it closes, since one move can flip discs in more than one direction.
- Switch to a different board setup when the standard opening starts to feel the same every time.
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