Othello

1883
BGG Geek Rating
6.0
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BGG Average Rating
6.2
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BGG Ranking
#3394
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Players
2-2
Weight
2.06/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
8+
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How this game works - core systems and player actions

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📂 Categories

Abstract Strategy

🎨 Artists

Georg Appl John Adams Kinetic Machai Néstor Romeral Andrés Walter Pepperle

🏢 Publishers

ABRA Alga A/S Informa Forlag Assim Toys Baravelli Brio AB Broadway Toys LTD BSiri Business Cardinal Chad Valley Co Ltd. Character Games LTD Clem Toys Clementoni Croner Dilemma Games Diset S. A. Double Games Dourios Dujardin Educa Sallent SA Ensky Espenlaub Four Generations Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) Fun-4-All Corp. Fundex G3 Gabriel Gamma Two Games Gazebo Games UK Ltd. Grow Jogos e Brinquedos G&RRR H. Carlsen AB H. P. Gibson & Sons Hallmark Games Hartung-Spiele Henry Higgins Promotions Hexagames (I) Ideal Irwin Toy Ltd. John Jaques of London Joker Jumbo Kod Kod L. P. Septímio M Petrushkin Mega House MIKA Milton Bradley Mitra Monkey Pod Games Müller Ltd. & Co. KG N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm) nestorgames Nilco S.A. Nyt Nordisk Forlag Otto Maier Verlag Oy Fenno-Alga Ab Peri Spiele Peter Pan Playthings Piatnik Planet Finska Playcraft Toys Limited Poptoy Pressman Toy Corp. (Public Domain) Ravensburger ROMBOL Ruibal Hermanos S.A. Sanrio Schmidt International Schmidt Spiele Somerville Ltd. Spear's Games Spin Master Ltd. Studio Ghibli Super Accord Taş Devrı Oyuncak Tryne Tsukuda Hobby Universal Cards GmbH (Unknown) VEB Germaplast Ventura Games Villy Nielsen ApS. Waddy Production Western Publishing Company Whitman Woodstock Spiele WOSI "Wspólna Sprawa" Ísöld ehf.

📖 About This Game

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.