Reversi - Strategy & board game

Welcome, fellow puzzlers and strategists! Are you ready to have your mind twisted and turned like a pretzel in our captivating Android game, Reversi? We believe in keeping you on the edge of your seat as you outwit your opponents and flip the game board in your favor. Prepare to unleash your inner chess master while engaging in fierce battles against friends or AI opponents. With its sleek design and addictive gameplay, Reversi will have you coming back for more strategic showdowns with each play. So grab your thinking cap, download the game, and get ready to conquer the board one flip at a time!

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Challenge yourself with this iconic game where having the most pieces in play can lead to a crushing defeat or a surprising victory with just a few remaining counters! Immerse yourself in this distinctively popular game. Crafted with the excellence typical of an AI Factory creation, enjoy a variety of features:

- Intuitive interface for easy navigation

- Choose from 10 difficulty levels and receive hints

- Compete in hot-seat mode against another player

- Access 4 different Reversi piece sets and boards

- Keep track of personal stats such as wins, losses, draws, and scores

- Optimized for both tablets and phones

How To Play Reversi

If you're playing with a friend, first decide who plays which color. When playing against the computer, you'll always be the black discs.

To start the game, each player must put two of their pieces in the middle four squares on the board. Usually, the pieces are placed diagonally from each other. Each player may make one move per turn after set-up begins, and black typically goes first.

Each turn, you put one new piece onto the board. The chosen square is where that piece stays -- you cannot move squares like in chess.

Each piece you place must capture an opponent's piece. That means you have to place your pieces adjacent to one of the opponent's pieces. You can't put your piece in a square that doesn't lead to a capture.

Capturing a piece is simple -- when you put your piece beside the opponent piece in any position, that piece and all adjacent pieces become yours. You can put your piece beside the opponent's, as well as diagonally. Both options lead to captures.

Flanking The Opponent

A key Reversi strategy is flanking your opponent's pieces.

If you can get a piece at each end of a row or column (straight or diagonally) then every piece in the row between your two pieces is captured. By mastering flanking, you can take multiple rows of pieces per turn.

Ending The Game

Gameplay continues like this until the board is full and no pieces can be captured. If players end up with the same number of pieces each on the board, the game is a draw.

Reversi Strategy: Tips And Tricks

Reversi is easy to learn, but is ultimately a game of strategy. Each piece you place is important to the overall outcome of the game. Here are some Reversi strategies to keep in mind to help you win every time.

Control The Corners

If you can place one of your pieces in a corner square, you absolutely should.

Controlling the corners is an easy way to flank your opponent's pieces, and a key part of any good Reversi strategy. The corner will almost always give you a diagonal, column, or both worth of pieces to take. Once this happens, it's impossible for the other player to take the corner piece.

In this way, the corners are the most powerful squares in the game. Oftentimes if you can get the corners, you will win the game. The more corners, the higher your chances of success.

Considering this, it's also important to keep your opponent from taking the corners. Don't let your piece fall in any of the three squares surrounding the corner. If this happens, the opponent can place their piece into the corner adjacent to your piece.

Once moves start running out, someone will eventually have to make a move into the corner-adjacent spaces. Hold out until the opponent has to do so.

Pay Attention To The Edges

Beyond the corners, the edges are the most important squares to pay attention to.

Controlling the edges can lead to some big flanks. You want to keep the edges balanced, and make sure you don't have too many of your pieces lined up across them. If the opponent captures both corners, they flip all your pieces along the edge, leading to a big loss.

One Reversi strategy involves a player giving their opponent one corner so they can take the other corner, thus disabling the opponent from flanking your edge pieces. This takes a good amount of skill, but is a great strategy.

Always keep a close eye on what's happening at the edges of the board!

Play Carefully

It might seem like you should take as many pieces as possible at the start of the game. This, however, is a dangerous strategy.

At the start of the game, try flipping only a few pieces at a time. The more pieces you flip, the more options the opponent has. It opens up the board for them to flank further pieces, leading to a quick loss for you.

Generally speaking, the fewer pieces you control at the start of the game, the better off you'll be later on.

Stay Centered

If you can, try to stay in the center of the board, with your pieces surrounded by the opponents. This is a crucial part if you are hoping to have a good Reversi strategy.

This opens up a lot more possibilities for captures as the game goes on. Center pieces are easier to flank, meaning a lot more flips as the game goes on.

Please note that this free version contains third-party ads. These ads may require an internet connection, possibly incurring additional data charges. The game requests permission to access photos, media, and files to store game data externally and occasionally cache ads.