Learn Reversi
Review the goal through a picture story, then work through the chapters you need one at a time.
A two-player game in which you bracket and flip opposing discs; when the board is full, the player with more discs of their color wins.
The stars of this game
Explore all 2 pieces, cards, tiles, and adopted roles in order. Pause autoplay or choose any item from the list.
Black side
Skills and characteristicsThe side placed by Black. Black usually moves first.
Learning
Flipping Discs, Passing, and Determining the Winner
Learn to Enclose and Flip, Pass When You Cannot Move, and Count Discs at the End
Place discs to enclose opposing discs between your own, flip the enclosed discs, and decide the winner by the final disc count.
- Article Finish with More Discs of Your Color
- Position puzzle Place a Disc to Enclose the Opponent
- Move sequence Flip the Enclosed Discs
- Multiple choice You Cannot Play Where No Discs Are Enclosed
- Multiple choice The Player with More Discs Wins
Learn to make decisions about corners, edges, and opening patterns using mobility, stable discs, and parity.
- Article Reduce the Opponent's Legal Moves and Secure the Last Move
- Article Prioritize Mobility over Disc Count
- Article Distinguish Corners, Edges, X-Squares, and C-Squares
- Article Design the final turn with parity
- Article Learn Opening Shapes, Not Just Their Names
Reversi Basics
Choose a step in the inline tutorial below to review the flow.
Placement and flipping rules
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Bracketing and winning
Standard human-readable notation
d3
The upper-left square is A1.
Place
A square that brackets an opponent You may play only where the new disc brackets at least one opposing disc.Flip
Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines Flip every line of opposing discs bracketed between the disc you played and one of your existing discs.Pass
When there is no legal move Pass only when there is nowhere you can play.Winner
The player with more discs at the end Count the discs when neither player can move or the board is full.Legal moves
- Play where a continuous line of opposing discs will lie between the new disc and one of your discs.
- Bracketing in even one direction makes the move legal, and a single move can flip multiple directions.
End of game
- The game ends when neither player can move or the board is full.
- The color with more discs on the board wins.
Next step
Choose after the tutorialOnce you are comfortable moving pieces, review anything that was unclear or practice your decisions with a short problem.