Othello

This is a Flash version of the vintage 19th century game of “Reversi“, known in more modern times as Othello.

Place a white (or black? I’m not sure if the player is always white) piece down. You can only place it next to an existing piece. If you end up with pieces of the opposing color between that piece and another one of your same color, either diagonally, horizontally and/or vertically, those opponent pieces get flipped over to your color.

The goal is thus to fill up the board with as many of the final pieces being in your color.

The artificial intelligence in this game (that is to say, the computer logic programmed to make moves on behalf of the computer player) is not particularly advanced. Aim for the edges and corners and you will win!

(I don’t know why there are numbers all over the place. I think this may have been a work in progress).