Noun
A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
The card game reversis.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOriginal version The game Reversi was invented in 1883 by either of two Englishmen (each claiming the other a fraud), Lewis Waterman Note: He was not the Lewis Waterman who patented the Waterman fountain pen in 1884. Source: Internet
It is also possible to play variants of Reversi and Othello wherein the second player's second move may or must flip one of the opposite-colored disks (as variants closest to the normal games). Source: Internet
Openings For relatively inexperienced players the opening (early) part of a game of Reversi is generally not very easy to make sense of. Source: Internet
Reversi was most recently marketed by Mattel under the trademark Othello. Source: Internet
Strategic elements Strategic concepts in Reversi include openings (and home preparation), corners, mobility, edge play, parity, end-game play and looking ahead. Source: Internet
The historical version of Reversi starts with an empty board, and the first two moves by each player are in the four central squares of the board. Source: Internet