Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 06:28:40 07/18/05
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On July 18, 2005 at 07:36:06, Eelco de Groot wrote: >On July 18, 2005 at 05:58:39, George Tsavdaris wrote: > >>On July 17, 2005 at 21:35:19, Joshua Shriver wrote: >> >>>Zebra.. its free and REALLY strong (just do a google search). >>>However I'm not sure what the exact difference is between Reversi and Othello. I >>>know they're nearly the same. >> >> They are EXACTLY the same by playing conditions and rules. Reversi is the >>game's name, but MATTEL produces reversi boards with the name "Othello"........ >> >> >>> >>>-Josh > >There seems to be some confusion about this, see here: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Reversi > >The remaining differences that I can find here: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi >and here, almost same text >http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/R/Re/Reversi.htm" > >"Originally, Reversi did not have a defined starting position. Later it adopted >Othello's rules, which state that the game begins with four markers placed in a >square in the middle of the grid, two facing light-up (indicated by o in our >diagrams), two pieces with the dark side up (indicated by x). The dark player >makes the first move." > > >"One difference between Reversi and Othello involves the supply of pieces. In >Reversi each player owns 32 pieces at the start of the game. Once a player has >placed 32 pieces (including the initial 2 pieces placed on the centre squares) >that player may not make any further moves. He/she may not use any of the >opponent's pieces. In Othello all the pieces belong to both players equally; >they come from a pool, from which both may draw in order to make a move." > >On: >http://www.thecodeproject.com/csharp/Reversi.asp?df=100&forumid=16371&exp=0&select=914984 >somebody posted > >"Difference between Reversi and Othello > ydlm 19:13 2 Sep '04 > Hi, > >You say "Reversi - or Othello as it is also known". >Unfortunately Reversi and Othello are not exactly the same game. They had a >difference between them : when you put a new piece on the game, with Reversi you >return only ONE LINE (you choose the one you want) and with Othello you return >ALL THE POSSIBLE LINES. > >So your article must be named "Othello in C#"" > >This "one line" rule probably only applies to the Reversi boardgame published by >Ravensburger. I have that edition but never played it yet, shame on me! I can >check the rules in the box if necessary. No program I know uses this rule and I >don't know if any program has rules about maximum numbers of pieces allowed to >the players. The starting position is as in Othello with four stones on the >board. > >I do have an Basic interpreter program for a MSX Philips 4 MHz Z80 computer >lying around somewhere with some changes made by myself, that was fun to make. >Probably not as strong as Piloth.. :) I plan to adapt this to a Excel VBasic >program one day :) > > Eelco I was aware of all of these, but i tried to keep it simple........:-) It doesn't really matter anyway........
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