How to play Otrio

Learn the rules to the board game Otrio quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:
The object of the game is to be the first player to get 3 in a row one of three ways: Three pieces of the same size in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally; or three pieces in a straight line in ascending or descending size; or three concentric pieces of the same color in a single space.

Layout the board and place the pieces in the outer most spaces, organizing each side by color. If playing with 2 players, each player selects 2 colors that are across from each other and each players will alternate colors when making moves so that the play order goes clockwise around the board so each color plays an equal number of times while players alternate turns. Players may not combine colors for a win. In a 3 or 4 player game, each player only picks one color. If playing with 3 players, one color will not be used.

The youngest player goes first, then play proceeds clockwise. On your turn you place any one of your pieces on any empty space in the center area of the board. Then you end your turn. Once a piece is placed, it may not be moved. If you can’t play a piece, then you skip your turn. Players keep placing pieces until one player gets 3 in a row, called an Otrio, then that player is the winner. If there are no more legal plays, and there still isn’t a winner, then the game ends in a tie.

[mds_space]

If you think about it, having those concentric slots is the same as having an extra dimension, so this is 3D Tic-Tac-Toe in disguise

[BlueToadFan]

"The rules are the same as regular Tic-tac-toe except for these changes:"

[honeyjuice]

I still remember playing otrio at school but we didn't use the official version, we would make a tictactoe like grid on paper but subtable for otrio. ah the memories

[versuzzero]

I remember playing this with pen and paper back in elementary, but not circles. Different shapes with a pen color per person.
Same win condition, but the number of pieces is infinite instead of this one with limited 3 pieces per circle size for each player.

[UnknownRager]

This is a fun game, I remember seeing this on Vat19 and getting it. It's surprisingly complicated!

[sephalon]

1:27 the board is presented as a tie board, but silver has won. Three small pieces across the center horizontal line. I'm fun at parties.

[TG]

So its basically a souped up version of noughts and crosses

[jaredongsing]

I use this game to explain 4th (spacial) dimension.

It is very intuitive to see three boards next to each other, so it can be practice for high-level thinking like 5d Chess with Multiversal Time Travel.

[GermaphobeMusic]

Can't wait for the day he gets sponsored by the creators of Chess

[remixtheidiot]

this can probably be played using nothing but pen and paper.
there are enough geometric 2 dimensional shapes for 4 players.
circles, triangles, squares, and a hexagon maybe.

[jordanwhite]

When I used to work at Marbles the Brain Store before they went under this was the most popular game in our store and I was the literal champion at this.

[hypenheimer]

This game is 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, but with 4 players and each player can only place 3 pieces on each layer.

[ActionCow]

I found that 2 player games tended towards stalemate once both players get a hang of the game. And then 3-4 players, you can frequently feel like you lost because someone else made a bad move. The best strategy seems to be setting yourself up to win on 2 different lines with the same move, which forces your opponent to block twice unless you missed something and they can just win. Overall, eh, gets old quick.

[LuigiFanakaStar]

The latest games feels to have "If playing with 2 Players, both of them have 2 pieces each"

[Nintendo_song-maker]

this feels like something middle school boys play during class with a few pens and a sheet of paper

[rogerkearns]

What a cool game and great to look at, too. (A bit expensive, though, perhaps?)

[NailNeil-ijsc]

Can you make a how to ply on Monopoly: Pokemon Kanto edition? Im really confused about the different kinds of gyms and pokemons

[Santerim]

This is just tic tac tow but with extra steps

[RealTHEspectre]

imagine if this guy makes his own board game.

[danik]

If you think about it, this is just 3D TTT, where the ring size is 3rd dimension.