Table games

What it is

You can also play Lagos Letters, a crossword word-tile game, through Phone → Games. Play the computer straight away, or play with 2–4 friends at a table in Ojuelegba, Trukadero or the PH Lounge. Lagos Letters has no money stakes.

Where to play:

• Ojuelegba Snooker Spot in Surulere, Trukadero in Abuja and Orange Room in PH: all five table games.
• Amala Shitta and Oga Sunday Viewing Centre: Whot and Ludo.
• At home with people in your house: Whot, Ludo and Ayo. With a guest you pick, you can also play pool, draughts and chess.

How to create a table

1. Go to Phone → Games → Create a table. Choose a game, the number of players, the stake per player, and optionally Play a friend: @username. Whot and Ludo allow 2–4 players; the other games allow 2.
2. To invite players, search by their @username or name, select them and tap Invite. You can select several people. Invited seats are held for 3 minutes.
3. Tap the create button, for example 🃏 Create for 3 · ₦5,000. The table waits for 30 minutes. Players tap Sit down to join, and the stake is taken from them. The game starts when the table is full, or when the host taps Start now with at least 2 players.
4. When creating a Whot table, choose Your own rules to set optional house rules. The host can also choose 🔁 Rollover or 🔥 Stacking.
5. Tap Rematch after a game to play again. Tap 🎲 Back to your table on the HUD to return to your table.

Rules & numbers

• Stakes are ₦1,000–₦10,000,000 per player, or ₦0 for a Friendly.
• Stakes are returned if a game is drawn, a table does not get joined, or a chess game is aborted. Leaving a game in progress means you lose your stake.
• Turn timers: Pool 40 seconds, Ayo 45 seconds, Whot 30 seconds, and Ludo 30 seconds. Missing two turns in a row loses you the game. At a group table, you are put out instead, and the last player left wins.
• Last call adds 60 seconds to a turn that would make you lose, twice per game. It does not apply to chess.
• Chess clocks can be set from 1 to 30 minutes; the default is 10 minutes. If you disconnect, the clock pauses for up to 60 seconds. After that, your opponent can tap Claim win.
• You can play up to 4 games at once and open up to 30 tables an hour.
• Whot cards: 1 Hold On, 2 Pick Two, 5 Pick Three, 8 Suspension, 14 General Market, 20 Whot. If the market runs out, the player with the lowest count wins. Optional rules are 🔁 Rollover, 🔥 Stacking, No Pick 3 (5 is a plain card), No Whot (no 20s in the deck), and Hold On: one (only the next player holds).
• Table chat allows 300 characters, voice notes up to 30 seconds, quick lines such as “GG 🤝”, and 8 reactions.
• Lagos Letters uses a 15 × 15 board and 100 tiles, including 2 blanks. Each player starts with 7 tiles. The first word crosses the centre ★. On each turn, make one line with no gaps that joins tiles already on the board. Every word formed across and down must be in the word list. Letter bonuses apply before word bonuses; using all 7 tiles adds 50 points. You can swap tiles if at least 7 remain in the bag, or pass.
• Lagos Letters ends when the bag is empty and someone plays all their tiles, or after 3 rounds with no score. The highest score wins; a tied score is a draw. Friend games have 2–4 players, 2 minutes per turn, and a missed turn counts as a pass.

Tips

• You can play Lagos Letters against the computer without stakes.
• At home, use 🎲 Play and pick a guest for a one-on-one game when more than one guest is in the house.