Othello
Score
6.1
Players
2
Time
30
Recommended Age
8+
Difficulty
normal
Official Website
Not provided
Type
game
categories
mechanics
publishers
(Public Domain)(Unknown)A/S Informa ForlagABRAAlgaAssim ToysBaravelliBrio ABBroadway Toys LTDBSiri BusinessCardinalCayro, The GamesChad Valley Co Ltd.Character Games LTDClem ToysClementoniCronerDamm / EgmontDilemma GamesDiset S. A.Double GamesDouriosDujardinEduca Sallent SAEnskyEspenlaubFour GenerationsFratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)Fun-4-All Corp.FundexG&RRRG3GabrielGamma Two GamesGazebo Games UK Ltd.Grow Jogos e BrinquedosH. Carlsen ABH. P. Gibson & SonsHallmark GamesHartung-SpieleHenry Higgins PromotionsHexagames (I)IdealIrwin Toy Ltd.Ísöld ehf.John Jaques of LondonJokerJumboKod KodL. P. SeptímioM PetrushkinMattel, Inc.Mega HouseMIKAMilton BradleyMitraMonkey Pod GamesMüller Ltd. & Co. KGnestorgamesNilco S.A.Nyt Nordisk ForlagOtto Maier VerlagOy Fenno-Alga AbPeri SpielePeter Pan PlaythingsPiatnikPlanet FinskaPlaycraft Toys LimitedPoptoyPressman Toy Corp.Random House, Inc.RavensburgerRuibal Hermanos S.A.Sababa Toys, Inc.SanrioSchmidt InternationalSchmidt SpieleSomerville Ltd.Spear's GamesSpin Master Ltd.Studio GhibliSuper AccordTaş Devrı OyuncakTryneTsukuda HobbyUniversal Cards GmbHVEB GermaplastVentura GamesVilly Nielsen ApS.Waddy ProductionWestern Publishing CompanyWhitmanWoodstock SpieleWOSI "Wspólna Sprawa"
designers
Description
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.