Othello (Reversi) 1883

How to play Othello (Reversi)

Othello (Reversi) is a light-to-medium game (rated 2.1 of 5 for complexity on BoardGameGeek) that plays with 2 players. It's an Abstract Strategy game where the core of play revolves around Enclosure and Pattern Building. A two-player game on an 8x8 board where placing a disc to flank a line of opponent discs flips them to your color; the player with more discs wins. Reversi was devised in 1880s England; the standardized modern game Othello was created by Goro Hasegawa in Japan (1971), becoming a worldwide abstract classic.

This is an overview of what to expect at the table — not the rulebook. We link to official rules and tutorials rather than reproducing them.