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    <title>How To Play Othello or Reversi</title>
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      <![CDATA[Othello, also known as Reversi, is played with two players, each representing a color on the board.  The rules are simple, but strategy is what will help you win. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[An Othello board]]>
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          <![CDATA[Choose a color for each player. Black goes first.]]>
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          <![CDATA[Move on to the next player. The white player places a disc in a square adjacent to a black disc so that there are white discs on either side of black ones. Flip the black discs to the white side.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Move on to the next player. The white player places a disc in a square adjacent to a black disc so that there are white discs on either side of black ones. Flip the black discs to the white side.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Take turns playing the game until all of the discs are on the board.  If you cannot place a disc on the board so that your color is on either side of another player, you lose your turn.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Take turns playing the game until all of the discs are on the board.  If you cannot place a disc on the board so that your color is on either side of another player, you lose your turn.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Othello was created in 1971 by a Japanese salesman named Goro Hasegawa.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Othello was created in 1971 by a Japanese salesman named Goro Hasegawa.</p>]]>
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