Theole V+, Othello game.5.60

Welcome to the 2026 Edition of Theole. Relieve boredom, have fun and exercise your mind all at the same time with this classic Reversi board game.

Theole is the classic strategy board game of territorial occupation involving placement & capture of game pieces and has been a favourite with board gamers for many years. Theole is played on an 8 x 8 board between two opponents using different coloured pieces or "stones". The object of the game is to be the player with the most pieces of their colour at the end of the game.

A Theole style game was invented by Lewis Waterman who marketed his game in London in 1880. It is an uncomplicated board game and its addictive nature can be enjoyed by players of all abilities.

Game features:
* Play against the computer or another human player on the same device.
* High quality artificial intelligence engine particularly at expert levels.
* Support for alternate boards and pieces.
* Full undo and redo of moves.
* Show last move.
* Hints.
* Theole is just one of our large collection of best of breed classic board, card and puzzle games available for a wide range of platforms.

Version History Welcome to the 2026 edition of Theole.
Includes a number of minor UI and AI improvements along with updates to support the latest dependant SDKs (bug fixes). 5.60 12/23/2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of Theole
Multiple minor improvements to the AI to enhance game play.
Numerous minor UI improvements.
Updated all dependant SDKs (bug fixes) 5.59 01/14/2025 More refined UI and game play engine.
Added an extra sprinkle of AI to improve the game play.
Updated dependent SDKs
A number of bug fixes. 5.58 12/21/2023 Change of IAB Consent Management Platform. 5.57 08/06/2023 Unfortunately we have to remove the multi-player option at this time. We fully appreciate this is undesirable & hope to be able to find an alternative solution in the future.

Updated support for latest iOS functionality.
Updated dependant SDKs.
A number of general bug fixes. 5.55 12/23/2022 Change of product name. 5.54 07/21/2022 Updated to support latest iOS versions.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixtures.
We hope you continue to enjoy our games in 2022 5.52 01/04/2022 Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes.
Support for latest OS versions - internal API usage changes.
We hope you continue to enjoy our games. 5.51 08/19/2021 Updated to better support latest iOS versions.
Updated all dependant SDKs.
Some minor language bug fixes.
Thanks for your continued feedback and support of our games. 
Enjoy! 5.50 03/29/2021 Addition of IDFA permissions dialog and handling of associated consequences of user choices. 5.48 01/19/2021 Welcome to the 2021 version of Reversi.
Smoother and more refined user interface across more devices.
Updated dependent SDKs
A number of bug fixes. 5.47 01/05/2021 Added ability to change the player name - if not the Game Centre name.
Updated to support revised iOS 14 api changes.
Fixed a couple of minor bugs. 5.46 11/26/2020 Additional updated dependancies for better iOS14 support. 5.45 10/12/2020 Updated dependant SDKs for iOS14 compatibility.
Minor improvements to both the UI and AI for faster smoother game play. 5.44 09/30/2020 Significant update now allows players to play online against others in the same room or around the world. If you can no longer share your device with a friend, no problem just play online instead. No accounts needed, simply play. 5.40 04/01/2020 Updated some of the required description and links.
No changes to the game except the version number! 5.20 01/02/2020 Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixing
Added missing device dependancies
Updated to remove deprecated API dependancies 5.19 12/12/2019 Rewritten the UI to use Metal (instead of OpenGL) making the UI faster, more efficient and future proof. Updated all dependant SDKs hence removing numerous bugs. 5.18 08/13/2019 Faster, smoother and more refined AI. Easier beginner level, tougher master level.
Updated dependant SDKs which should be smoother, faster + with less bugs.
Better support for new screen sizes. 5.17 12/04/2018 Numerous minor bug fixes in dependant SDKs. 5.16 05/22/2018 Welcome to the 2018 edition of Reversi. Featuring a faster and smoother user interface along with a stronger state of the art artificial intelligence engine, the 2018 edition celebrates 15 years of ZingMagic bringing you the best in board, card and puzzle games. 5.15 01/26/2018 Additional iPhoneX support. 5.14 11/13/2017 Update to better support iOS 11 and new devices.
Removal of deprecated functionality.
Update of various SDKs for a smaller and more robust game. 5.12 10/23/2017 Updated dependencies to comply with revised iOS policies. 5.11 12/08/2016 5.10 11/09/2016