Parity
BGG rank
BGG #30,274
BGG rating
3.7

Parity

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Rules assistance for Parity

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 45 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

Rules assistant for Parity

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Parity is a board game released in 2002 for 2–4 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. Its main mechanics are Tile Placement.

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About the game

Subtitled "The Othello Card Game", Parity consists of a deck of 51 cards, each containing a 2x3 grid of black and white Othello pieces, plus a Centerpiece Card containing the familiar starting pattern of two black and two white. The game is played in rounds, in which each player plays one card on the table adjacent to the Centerpiece Card or previously played cards. Whoever played the card that "captured" the most pieces of one color in that round (using the normal Othello capturing rules) picks up all the cards from that round and puts them in his score pile. When all the cards have been played, the winner is the player who has scored the most cards.

Editions

  • ParityenU.S. Games Systems, Inc.2002

Publishers

  • U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

Questions and answers

Parity supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.