nbreversi

terminal reversi (othello) game

TLDR

Play reversi against the computer

$ nbreversi

Set AI difficulty level

$ nbreversi -p [5]

Play two humans

$ nbreversi -1 h -2 h

Play without replay prompt

$ nbreversi -n

nbreversi is a terminal-based Reversi (Othello) game from the nbsdgames collection. Players take turns placing discs on the board. When a disc is placed so that one or more of the opponent's discs are flanked in a straight line, those discs are flipped. The player with the most discs when no more moves can be made wins.Controls: arrow keys or hjkl to move cursor, ENTER to place a disc, q to quit. Mouse input is also supported.

PARAMETERS

-1 type

Set player 1 type: h (human) or c (computer).

-2 type

Set player 2 type: h (human) or c (computer).

-p depth

Set AI difficulty/search depth (1-127).

-n

Don't ask for replay after the game ends.

-h

Display help information.

PREVIEW

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CAVEATS

Requires a terminal with ncurses support. Part of the nbsdgames collection.

HISTORY

nbreversi is part of nbsdgames, a package of 18 text-based terminal games created by abakh. Reversi was invented in 1883 by Lewis Waterman and later popularized as Othello by Goro Hasegawa in 1971.