yeah it's a similar principal to othello, but in othello/reversi you have to place a 'stone' next to an opponents stone, and the aim is to trap the opponents stones between two of yours, making all the trapped stones change to your colour. also pieces in othello / reversi can be retaken over and over. so yeah, it's similar, but i'm guessing go is a lot more complicated. there is only one strategy in othello really, get your pieces to the outside. and like you say in go the number of strategies is infinite.