OTHELLO (Reversi) FLIP GAME- Bookcase Edition

OTHELLO (REVERSI) ‘FLIP’ BOARD GAME - Trap the opponent’s colour stones (pieces) between your own to capture and flip them to your colour, but be aware that the opponent may do the same.

No loosing game pieces as the black & white stones (pieces) are intrigated into the main game board in a print-in-place game.

Information

All parts were printed with PLA filament. I use a textured plate for adhesion. Some parts will need to be superglued, for example, the book spines are glued to the square cornered side of the bookcase box.

The game board is print in place, no assembly required.

Countless hours have gone into the collection and I hope to continue to expand the collection based on continued interest. Some of the games are long and large prints.

ORTHELLO (REVERSII) ‘FLIP’ Rules

Goal
The goal of the game is very simple: capture and occupy as many stones as possible at the end of the game.

Setup

The game is played on an 8×8 ‘Flip’ board with disc-like gaming pieces that have a black and a white side.

At the beginning of every game four pieces, two black and two white, are set in their starting position in the center of the board. All remaining pieces are set to no color. With the 3D model, the pieces are easily ‘flipped’.

Outflanking the opponent

The black player always makes the first move.

They must flip a piece with the black side up on the board in such a position that there exists at least one straight (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) occupied line between the new piece and another black piece. One or more contiguous white pieces have to be between them. This way the player “outflanks” their opponent.

               Outflanking                

Flipping the Pieces

After flipping the piece, black turns over all white pieces lying on a straight line between the new piece and any anchoring black pieces. All reversed pieces now show the black side, and the black player may use them in later moves.

Now it is the white players turn. They operate under the same rules with the roles reversed. The player lays down a white piece, causing one or more black pieces to flip.

               Turning the Pieces                

Winning the Game

Both players take alternate turns. Moves that do not cause the flipping of the opponents pieces are not valid. If one player cannot make a valid move, play passes back to the other player.

The game ends when the board is full of pieces or when neither player can make a valid move. The player with the most pieces on the board at the end of the game wins.

               Winning the Game