Reversi

Trap opposing discs between your own and flip the board in your favour.

Getting a board

Craft a Reversi board and fit it into a Small Game Table. Place matching Game Chairs facing the table, then take a seat.

Materials

1 ×Black dye
7 ×Any planks
1 ×White wool

How to play

Open the fitted board to make your moves. How to play in the side tray gives you the same lessons with illustrations inside the game.

Start here

Four discs: Black moves first. Put a disc beside the middle four. — **Four discs**
Black moves first. Put a disc beside the middle four.

Flip a line

Before: Trap a line between your discs. The trapped discs flip. — **Before**
Trap a line between your discs. The trapped discs flip.

After: The trapped line is now your colour. — **After**
The trapped line is now your colour.

Keep the corners

Corner: Corners cannot be flipped. They are strong places to play. — **Corner**
Corners cannot be flipped. They are strong places to play.

Keep playing

No move?: If you have no legal place, pass. Your opponent plays. — **No move?**
If you have no legal place, pass. Your opponent plays.

Count the board

Count discs: When both players pass, the colour with more discs wins. — **Count discs**
When both players pass, the colour with more discs wins.

Rules in more detail

Passing and the final count

You must place when a legal placement exists; passing is available only when you cannot flank an opposing line. If neither player can place, the game ends even with empty squares remaining. Only the discs on the board count towards the result. Empty squares are not automatically awarded to either player, and equal disc counts produce a draw.

Keep playing

Use Rematch after the result to play again. To pause an unfinished match, the table owner can remove and keep its board.

See seats and solo play for multiplayer and Play alone, or item stakes if you want to agree on a pot.