Othello (1883)

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Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Espenlaub, H. Carlsen AB, Ventura Games, Villy Nielsen ApS., Jumbo, WOSI "Wspólna Sprawa", Nilco S.A., Ideal, Super Accord, Hartung-Spiele, Western Publishing Company, Spin Master Ltd., Fun-4-All Corp., Oy Fenno-Alga Ab, Random House, Inc., Gabriel, Henry Higgins Promotions, A/S Informa Forlag, Hallmark Games, Ravensburger, John Jaques of London, Damm / Egmont, Fundex, Brio AB, Müller Ltd. & Co. KG, Schmidt Spiele, G&RRR, Playcraft Toys Limited, Pressman Toy Corp., (Unknown), Joker, M Petrushkin, Cardinal, Hexagames (I), Ísöld ehf., Four Generations, Studio Ghibli, Baravelli, Peri Spiele, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Educa Sallent SA, Mega House, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), nestorgames, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Somerville Ltd., Dilemma Games, Universal Cards GmbH, Cayro, The Games, Ensky, MIKA, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Dourios, Mattel, Inc., VEB Germaplast, Otto Maier Verlag, Monkey Pod Games, G3, Croner, Piatnik, Taş Devrı Oyuncak, Double Games, Irwin Toy Ltd., Woodstock Spiele, Alga, Poptoy, Milton Bradley, Tryne, Assim Toys, BSiri Business, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., Spear's Games, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Waddy Production, Kod Kod, Diset S. A., Broadway Toys LTD, Clem Toys, Gazebo Games UK Ltd., Mitra, Planet Finska, Schmidt International, ABRA, Dujardin, Whitman, L. P. Septímio, Character Games LTD, Clementoni, Peter Pan Playthings, Sababa Toys, Inc., Sanrio, Tsukuda Hobby, (Public Domain), Gamma Two Games
Designers: Lewis Waterman, John W. Mollett
Artists: Machai, Kinetic, Néstor Romeral Andrés, Walter Pepperle, Georg Appl, John Adams
Mechanics: Enclosure, Square Grid, Tile Placement

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.



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