Reversi
Outflank your opponent to flip their discs to your colour. Standard 8×8 Reversi (Othello): place a disc so that one or more of your opponent's discs are bracketed between your new disc and another of yours along a straight line — those discs flip. Play a friend or take on the AI.
- Mobile-friendly
- Keyboard support
- No installs
How to play
The board starts with four discs in the centre — two black, two white, in an X pattern. Black moves first. To make a legal move, place your disc on an empty cell so that one or more of your opponent's discs are bracketed between your new disc and another of your existing discs along a straight horizontal, vertical or diagonal line. All bracketed opponent discs then flip to your colour.
If you have no legal move, your turn is automatically passed. The game ends when neither player can move — typically when the board is full. The player with the most discs of their colour wins.
AI · Easy grabs corners when it can and plays randomly otherwise. AI · Hard uses a 3-ply minimax search with a positional weight table and mobility heuristic.
Strategy tips
- Corners are gold — once taken, they can never be flipped.
- Avoid the squares adjacent to corners (the "X-squares" and "C-squares") unless you're sure — they often hand the corner to your opponent.
- Fewer discs on the board early is often better: less material for your opponent to flip back.
- Mobility matters: keep your move options high and your opponent's low.
Controls
- Click any cell marked with a small dot to place your disc there.
- Illegal cells are disabled — only legal moves are clickable.
- If you have no legal move, your turn auto-passes after a short delay.
- Switch between 2-player, AI Easy and AI Hard with the toggle (resets the board).
Frequently asked questions
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