COE128 PROJECT

REVERSI
PEREA, Aaron
GACIAS, Roeve
ROMERO, Mark
CAPILLO, Miguelle
ORPILLA, Kevin

BACKGROUND

Lewis Waterman patented the game Reversi in 1888, though

he had been marketing games earlier than that date. James
Mollett contested the claim that Reversi was Waterman's
game, as he noted that the rules and play were very similar to
his own game invention, The Game of Annexation, originally
published in 1870. Mollett's Annexation game was played on a
cross-shaped board, while Waterman's Reversi was played on a
normal chessboard.
It is Waterman's version which is still played today, though it
has not had a continuous history of popularity. During one of its
down cycles, Japanese inventor Goro Hasegawa reinvented the
game, with very minor differences, and marketed it in 1971 as
Othello. Most players became familiar with that version of the
game.

REVERSI

A Strategy board game made to be played by two

8 x 8 board

64 identical disks (black and white)

During a play, any disks of the opponent's color

that are in a straight line and bounded by the disk
just placed and another disk of the current
player's color are turned over to the current
player's color.

OBJECTIVES:
To make more efficient moves in the
game
To apply what weve learned in COE128

MECHANICS:
1.) The player with black pieces moves first; one
only move is made every turn.
2.) During a play, any disks of the opponent's color
that are in a straight line and bounded by the disk
just placed and another disk of the current player's
color are turned over to the current player's color.
3.) The game is over when all the squares of the
board are taken or none of the players can move.
Play continues until neither player is able to move,
usually when all 64 squares have been played.

TIPS:

TAKE THE CORNERS- a corner piece

cannot be flipped by your opponent.

TIPS:

LOOK AHEAD- to
take a corner you
may first need to
force your opponent
to play into the
square next to the
corner.

TIPS:

THE POWER SPOTSthe strategy of

going for the power
spots are the key to
playing a good
game of Reversi.

TIPS:

LIMIT YOUR
OPPONENTS OPTIONThe player needs to
make plays that limit
opponent's options
and force them into
certain moves.

LOGIC GATES:

RED WINS:
(34-30)

COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS:

TRUTH TABLE:

BLUE WINS:
(34-30)

COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS:

TRUTH TABLE: