Othello Resources

Site	Comments
Microsoft Gaming Zone	Requires a plugin, works with IE or Netscape web browser ad supported, lots of bells and whistles having nothing to do with Othello.
Yahoo Games	Java Based, no plugin required, board is displayed upside down, no means for saving played games or flipping the board over.
PlaySite	Accelerator available for IE users, but not required. Nice graphics. Not typically busy on the othello lobby.
Lycos	Web browser based or separate client, interface similar to previous version of Playsite.
MPlayer/GameSpyArcade	Merged two sites. The 'othello' game has red and blue pieces, white and black squares on the board. Separate application required, cannot save games for study.
Nethello World	Site is mostly in Japanese. Instructions for setting up an account for yourself and logging in are here, but most chatting onsite is in Japanese.
won.net/flipside	Flipside Othello, no save feature, Java based. Othello based on Hoyle Board Games (R) computer game
Cronix	Java website hosting othello. Very nice interface, not many players from the US play there.
Vinco Online Games	Application download. Fee required to play rated games. Uses web browser to display information Browser must be Netscape 6 or IE 4 or later. MS Windows only.
GGSA	This link goes to the GGSA homepage. There are numerous interfaces to the server, including text based, Java, and applications.

Site	Comments
Vinco Online Games	Bots are available for play in a separate room with separate ratings from the regular players. Vinco has a separate application, MS Windows only.
GGSA	This link goes to the GGSA homepage. There are numerous interfaces to the server, including text based, Java, and applications. GGSA has several bot players at several levels of difficulty.

Site	Comments
It's Your Turn	Moves are made over the course of days, Tournaments available, Discussion boards for posting questions and game analyses on, etc. Small fee to play more than twenty games at a time (which is possible on turn based systems).

We don't generally attempt to prejudice towards one site or another, but we will this time (you need to be prepared). With the exception of the US site (which does not exist yet), all the national sites had numerous non-existent links. We are going to TRY to provide links to whatever resources we can. (Any help is welcome, send a link to be checked out.)

Site	Comments
US Othello Association	This is the new "Official" site of the USOA. Works only with Internet Explorer (Netscape will not display the menus).
British Othello Federation	The Official website of the British Othello Federation. Site has a shopping cart, so that anybody can join the BOF online with a credit card, and can order the instructional book Othello: Brief & Basic online as well. (British residents need not order the book, it is included free when you join the BOF).
Australian Othello Frderation	The official website of the Australian Othello Federation. Links to WOC back to 1997, articles definitely have an Australian slant
Dansk Othello Forbund	Official site of the Danish Othello Association. This was the site of the 2000 World Othello Championships.
Federation Belge Othello	Belgian Othello Federation website.
Federation Francaise d'Othello	French Othello Federation website. Maintained in English and French.
Federazione Nazionale Gioco Othello	Official website of the Italian Othello Federation
Japan Othello Association	Japanese Othello website (in Japanese).
Svenska Othelloforbundets Styrelse	Swedish Othello Association (in Swedish)
Othello Club Deutschland	German Othello Club. Has a copy of the Othello Openings applet online in English (as originally written).
Othello Association (Singapore)	Othello Association (Singapore)

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