How to play Ile Ere

The goal

Walk into a Lagos game house as your start.ng character and pick a table: Ayo, Draughts, Whot, Ludo, Snooker or Table football.

Controls

• Tap a glowing number, or press 1–6

• WASD or arrows to walk (Shift to hurry) · drag to look · tap the floor or a table to go there

What Ile Ere tells you to do

• “Tap a glowing number, or press 1–6”

• “Tap one of your pieces, then where to move it”

• “Take all of Tunde’s pieces, or leave him with no move, to win.”

• “Move up and down to slide your rods · click, tap or Space to kick”

• “The special cards: 1 Hold on, 2 Pick two, 5 Pick three, 8 Suspension, 14 General market, 20 Whot”

• “Keys: W A S D or arrows to walk, Shift to hurry, E to sit, M for sound”

Scoring and the leaderboard

Players are ranked by Wins at Ilé Eré (highest first). If two players tie, Ayo (highest first), Whot (highest first), Draughts & Ludo (highest first) and Snooker & Football (highest first) decides it. Only your best run counts. Sign in with start.ng to save yours.

Before you start

Open Ile Ere at ile-ere.start.ng. It runs in your browser, so there is nothing to download.

Sign in with start.ng first if you want your best run saved to the leaderboard.