Ah yes ... Othello - nothing 2 do with a play by Shakespeare - I have enjoyed many games - it is simple 2 learn but tough 2 master ...
I suppose first things first and let's find out how to play -
Othello is also known as reversi - this comprehensive page tell you how 2 play
Othello software for you to play off-line
Triple othello is a cute program where you play three boards at once. Originally written 4 DOS it plays under windows vista unlike a lot of my favourite dos games from the days before we got into cyberspace :)
Click here with your right mouse button and select 'Save Target as' to save it to your pc. Enjoy.
Online version - also a beginners level, judging from the fist time I played it :)
A few more versions of the game
Download othello - at a huge site!
Narrowing it to windows shareware
Play othello online agains opponents fro m around the world
Spherejong is a fun little game by Moraff who has done a number of strategy games
General search 4 strategy games
Jezzball is a great little game for windows - doesn't come with Vista but looks like it is available on the web for free!
Play it against opponents from all over trhe world
This being the first I click on
Bookworm Deluxe is also a nifty game - somewaht like scrabble but with moving letters :)
Tetris is also simple 2 learn but tough 2 master
Oilcap is another of my old favourite dos games. This one is 4 windows
Soleau do a lot of similarly enjoyable games
Haven't even mentioned one of the MOST played board games - chess :)
Backgammon is also a favourite
Classic dos games - not sure how many will run under Vista?
Rumikub is also a fave - I wonder what the online version is like
Huge download site - could narrow the search 2 golf or chess or whatever :)
Couple of interesting games here