I love this game! (Othello)

Member Name: nicolaxx74

Product:	Othello
Date:	17/10/08 (54 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Addictive

Disadvantages: Do try not to lose the chips

Equipment: This game comes with a square board that is divided into 64 separate squares (8x8). There are also a large number of chips with white colouring on one side and black on the other. These can be stored in neat wells found on two sides of the board, one for you and one for your opponent.

How many people: This is a game for 2 players.

How to play: The board for the game is the 8x8 square board described above. Each space is on the board will fit a chip. The game starts with the four squares in the middle being taken by two black and two white chips. They are placed alternately in the small square area. The two players share the remaining chips between them and each person is allocated a colour (black or white) and this is the way you put your chips down on the board when it is your turn. Each player takes it in turn to place a chip onto the board. Ideally this should be somewhere that allows you to turn your opponent's chips over. In order to turn over a chip to your own colour you must have one of your own chips on both ends of the line, for example, if you had black, white, white black in a line that is left to right, top to bottom or diagonal, you would be able to turn over the two white chips in the middle. The aim is to turn as many of your opponent's chips over to your own colour by strategically placing your own chips onto the board. You are able to turn more than one row at a time, for example if you had black white black going left to right and the chip you placed down also ended a line that was top to bottom, black white black, you would be able to turn over the white disc in both rows. You should also try to make it as tricky as possible for your opponent to place a chip down or to gain any of your own chips.

Aim of the game: Apart from winning is to get as many of your coloured chips on the board, the one with the most wins the game!

Age Range: This game is for children aged 6 years plus, still a fun game to play at 106 years. It is a strategy game and so is suitable for all ages as long as you can understand the instructions.

This game is very addictive, once you pop, you can't stop! (So to speak).

This game is available to purchase at many toy stores and costs about £20.

Summary: Great game for all the family