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Othello

#2389BGG ↗

1883 · 2-2 players · 30min · weight 2.07 · 9,278 ratings

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ID
2389
Name
Othello
Year
1883
Rank
2562
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
2.0728
Num weights
536
Bayes avg
5.95764
Average
6.1591
Users rated
9278
Num owned
16266
Wanting
19
Wishing
356
Num comments
2160
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:18:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
EnclosureSquare GridTile Placement
Categories (1)
Abstract Strategy
Description (699 chars)

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.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).