Print & Play
Printable Reversi Board
A full-page Othello board, discs to cut out and the rules on one sheet — pick your paper size, press print, play.
Paper
Colours
Sheets
To get a PDF, choose Save as PDF as the printer in the print dialog.
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Discs
Cut along the dashed lines — all 64 discs for a full game are on this one sheet. They are printed on one side only, which is exactly what you want: turning a disc over is flipping it.
Reversi · playnook.io
Reversi — quick rules
The starting position. Black moves first.
- Set up. Four discs in the middle four squares, on a diagonal: two white, two black. The rest stay in a shared pile.
- Place. On your turn, put a disc of your colour on an empty square so that it traps a straight line of enemy discs between it and another of yours. Every move must capture something.
- Flip. Turn every trapped disc over to your colour — in all eight directions at once, if the move traps more than one line.
- Pass. No legal move? Your turn is skipped and your opponent goes again. You may not pass by choice.
- Win. When neither player can move, count up. Most discs on the board wins. Corners can never be flipped — they decide most games.
Play online: playnook.io/games/reversi
What you get
Three sheets, and you only print the ones you need. The board fills the whole page — a plain 8×8 grid with the four dots every real Othello board carries. The disc sheet holds all 64 discs with dashed cutting lines. The rules sheet fits the whole game on one page, starting position included, so the set explains itself at the table.
Everything renders in your browser and prints from it. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is watermarked, and the PDF route is simply the print dialog’s Save as PDF.
You probably do not need the discs
Reversi is the one classic whose pieces are already in your pocket. A disc that is black on one side and white on the other is a coin: heads for one player, tails for the other, and flipping a captured disc is literally flipping a coin. Sixty-four coins of the same kind and you have a complete set, no scissors involved.
If you would rather print them, the disc sheet solves the two-sided problem the lazy way: the discs are printed black on one side only, because the other side of the paper is already white. Turning a disc over is flipping it. No folding, no glue, no double-sided printing, and all 64 fit on a single sheet. Glue the sheet onto card before cutting if you want them to last.
Colour or ink saver
Even in colour this board is cheap to print: a Reversi grid is one pale green field and a set of lines, not a checkerboard of solid squares. The ink saver drops the green entirely and prints the grid in black on white, which copies more cleanly if you are running off a class set on a photocopier.
For teachers and classrooms
Reversi earns its place in a maths club: the rules take a minute, and the game quietly teaches something most children find genuinely surprising — that having the most pieces in the middle of the game usually means you are losing. Pair it with a pile of coins and a class of thirty is playing in five minutes. The boards you print are yours to use, commercially or in class.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free? Yes. Print as many copies as you like, at home or for a whole classroom. No account, no watermark.
How do I get it as a PDF? Press Print, then choose “Save as PDF” as the printer in the print dialog. Every browser has that option built in.
How big is the board? It fills the page: about 186 mm square on A4 and 192 mm on US Letter, with squares of roughly 23–24 mm. The printed discs are about 18 mm across, so they sit inside a square with room to pick up.
What can I use instead of printed discs? Coins. Reversi is the one classic where the pieces you need are already in your pocket: 64 coins of the same kind, heads for one player and tails for the other, and flipping a disc is exactly flipping a coin. Bottle caps and two-colour counters work too.
Why are the printed discs only black? Because paper is already white on the other side. A black disc turned over is a white disc, which is exactly what Reversi needs — no folding, no glue, no double-sided printing. All 64 fit on one sheet.
Is this Reversi or Othello? Both — they are the same game. The board and rules on these sheets are the modern Othello rules, which is what everyone plays. Othello is a registered trademark, which is why the sheets say Reversi.
How do I make the board last? Print on thicker paper (160–200 g/m²), or laminate the sheet — laminated boards survive years of classroom use. Glueing the sheet onto cardboard works too.
Rather play right now? Play Reversi online against the computer or a friend — no printer involved. For the rules and the strategy there is the full guide, the three openings are explained with diagrams, and if you want to know how Reversi and Othello differ that has its own page. There is a printable checkers board too, if the table wants a second game.