RE: [pbmserv] Othello or Reversi

["Jan Kristian Haugland" <jankrihau@hotmail.com>]

bookworm wrote:

> I'll accept games in:
>
> Othello
> Reversi
>
> Btw, aren't they the same game?  hehe

Reversi is an English game from the 19th century, and different sources 
sometimes
give slightly different rules. The four first moves consist of placing 
pieces in the
centre in some order, and a player usually may not make more than 32 moves 
in
total. I am not sure how the rules are implemented on PBeM.

Othello is a refinement patented in the 70's in which the game starts with a 
fixed
setup for the four pieces in the centre, and there are no restrictions on 
the number
of moves (it may be possible to make more than 30 moves if the opponent has 
to
pass several times).

Many game servers on the internet use the name "Reversi" even though the 
rules
used are almost always Othello rules.

---
J K Haugland
http://www.neutreeko.com

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