The goal is to finish the game with MORE discs on the board than your opponent.
You are Black. The AI is White.
Every time you place a disc, you must TRAP one or more enemy discs between:
Any trapped enemy discs immediately flip to your color.
Imagine the board looks like this:
Black ⚫ ... White ⚪
If you place another Black ⚫ disc on the opposite side of the White ⚪ disc:
⚫ ⚪ ⚫
The White disc becomes Black because it is trapped.
The glowing yellow dots show all legal moves you can make.
If a square does NOT glow: you cannot place a disc there.
When the board fills up (or no more legal moves exist), the player with the MOST discs wins.
At first, simply focus on:
Once you understand flipping mechanics, the game becomes surprisingly deep and strategic.