Othello
by Mattel
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MattelBrand: Mattel
Model: B3165
Product features:
- This classic game of strategy takes a minute to learn, a lifetime to master
- It's simple enough for children yet challenging for adults
- Great fun for the entire family
- For all generations
- Includes 64 reversible discs, one playing board, six playing board feet and instructions
Toys and Games Reviews of Othello
Customer Review: A Classic Strategy Game
Summary: 5 Stars
Othello is one those rare and unique games like Chess, Checkers, and Go that requires nothing but strategy to win. There is no luck involved whatsoever, and the rules are real simple: use your pieces to surround that of your opponent's so you can flip their pieces over in order to have your color facing up. At the end of the game, after all the pieces have been played, the player whose color is facing up on most of the pieces is the winner. The rules are real simple, and yet it can be such a difficult game to win.
I was introduced to this game when I was a kid and have loved it ever since. There is so much strategy involved with every move you make, and you also need to pay close attention to where your opponent is playing his/her pieces. One bad decision can turn into a disaster, especially late in the game. It's not unusual to feel nervous when playing a close game, because your strategy can change so much that you may wonder if you're making the right decisions, and you might be hoping your opponent either plays or doesn't play in a certain spot. There are no dice or cards or any other luck factors involved in determining the winner. It all comes down to brains: who can play in the right spots at the right time in order to score the most points and also keep those points by the time the board is completely filled.
You can make a strong case for Chess as being the best strategy game of all time, but Othello ranks right up there beside it. The rules for Othello however are much more simple and straightforward, but, like chess, it can be so difficult to win. There used to be a slogan for this game (I'm not sure if they still use it) that said, "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master." That is so true for Othello. You can play a game where everything seems to work in your favor and win it with a lopsided score like 50-14 and feel like you're the best Othello player in the world; then you'll play another game and get thumped with a score like 17-47 and feel like you couldn't do anything right if your life depended on it. That's how much the strategy of this game can change. It has to keep evolving so you can try staying a step ahead of your opponent without letting him know what your doing until it's too late. It's such a great and rewarding feeling when you outsmart your opponent to win the game, especially if it's a close score like 33-31, but when you lose you can't help but think back to some of the questionable moves you made at certain points throughout the game. Simply put, Othello is a very fun and classic strategy game that requires all the power of your brain in order to win.
Description of Othello
An internationally acclaimed strategy game, Othello takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. Simple enough for children, yet challenging for adults, it's great, fast-moving fun for the entire family. Choose to be black or white and strive to get the most discs flipped with your color face-up at the end of the game. White can turn to black and black can turn to white again and again in this constantly changing game. Includes: 64 reversible discs, one playing board, six playing board "feet" and instructions. For 2 players. Board measures 14.25"L x 10.19"W x 1.25"H.Board Games Toys
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