Othello

1883
Goro Hasegawa, John W. Mollett, Lewis Waterman
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6.0
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6.2
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#3394
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Players
2-2
Weight
2.06/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
8+
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📂 Categories

Abstract Strategy

🎨 Artists

Georg Appl John Adams Kinetic Machai Néstor Romeral Andrés Walter Pepperle

🏢 Publishers

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

📖 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.