Daewoo KR29M5-MT Instruction Manual

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19THE OTHELLO GAME1. IntroductionOthello is a two player strategy game. Othello is player on an 8 x 8 square board, one taking yellowwhile the other taking green. The object of Othello is to flip as many of your opponents discs to yourcolor as possible without opponent flipping your discs.2. The RulesThe initial configuration, before the game starts, is:Green starts playing first. Each player puts one disc on the board at each turn, unless:either no onecan move, or one player cannot move, and then the other player can play again. The game endswhen no plaer can move, and the one who has the most discs of his own colors has won.Now how to put a disc on the board? The idea is one can put a disc of his own color at a square, ifand only if there is at least one disc of the opposite color immediately surrounding it, and at theextension of this line there is a disc of his own color. For example, at the beginning of the game,green can play at the following squares marked with an X: