It is reversi as a boss rush: flank and flip discs to win a board, then draft a game-bending power before the next, tougher opponent.
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How to play
Reversi Roguelike is a disc-flipping strategy game wrapped in a roguelike run. You play black against a sequence of AI bosses, each played as white. Standard reversi rules apply, place a disc to outflank a line of enemy discs and flip them, but every boss you beat lets you draft a limited-use power disc to carry into the next fight.
Click a highlighted square to flank and flip the enemy discs between your new disc and your existing ones.
Beat each boss by holding more discs when neither side can move, then pick one of three offered powers.
Powers include a 3x3 bomb that clears enemy discs, an anchor that makes a disc unflippable, a wildcard drop, a double placement, a disc steal, and a preview of the AI's next move.
Clear the whole gauntlet of bosses to complete the run; lose a board and the run ends.
Controls
Desktop: click a highlighted square to place a disc; click a power chip to arm it, then click the board to aim a targeted power.
Phone & tablet: tap squares and power chips, the board is fully touch-driven.
Tips & strategy
Corners can never be flipped, grab them early, and an anchored disc on an edge can lock down a whole region.
Save your bomb for a boss's strong cluster rather than spending it on the opening; later bosses start with handicap discs on key squares.
Bank a preview for a critical late-game turn so you can set a trap the AI walks straight into.
Game modes
Daily: a fixed seeded run of bosses and draft offers shared by everyone that day.
Endless: a fresh randomized run each time you start.
Origins
The flipping is Reversi, invented in 1883, and the run structure is the roguelike's: a sequence of bosses, and a draft after each one.
The original element is the power disc — a limited-use piece carried forward into the next fight.
Reversi is an unusually good fit for this. The parent game is decided by a handful of critical moves in the endgame, so a single one-use ability is not a small bonus but a whole game's worth of leverage — which is why they are rationed rather than stacked.
About Reversi Roguelike
Reversi Roguelike is an original free browser game that grafts roguelike drafting and powers onto the traditional public-domain game of reversi. Built in-house for PlayPendium.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
