About Naija Drafts

What is Naija Drafts about?

Naija Drafts: bottle-cap draughts with Pidgin wahala. Play the computer or a friend.

Bottle-cap draughts with Pidgin wahala. Play the computer or a friend, right in the browser.

It's a static site with no build step. Open index.html in a browser.

Naija Drafts at a glance

• Made by Aniyikaye

• On start.ng since October 2026

• Play it in your browser at naija-drafts.start.ng, with nothing to download

• Categories: Brainy games, Board and card, Nigerian themed and Two-player classics

• Leaderboard: yes, ranked by Best win score, Level beaten (1-3) and Moves to win

• Controls: tap your cap, then tap where e go land. For long chops, tap each landing (or just the last one)

Features

• 10×10 Naija board (international rules) or a quick 8×8 board

• Three computer opponents: JJC (easy), Okada Man (medium), Baba Draft (hard)

• Pass & Play: two players on one device

• Pidgin commentary, trash talk and a running "Junction Gist" move log

• Hints, undo, sound effects, and a win/loss record

• start.ng: your character's face and name on a profile card, your caps take your character's colour, and wins vs the computer go on the leaderboard

What Naija Drafts says

Some of what Naija Drafts tells you as you play:

• “Bottle-cap champions of the junction”

• “Johnny Just Come. E dey learn work.”

• “Fast hand, sharp eye. No dull.”

• “Retired champion of Mushin junction.”

• “25 king moves each without any chop or ordinary-cap move.”

• “Champions of the Junction”

• “Level 1 · Johnny Just Come”

• “Level 3 · Mushin champion”

How scoring works

Players are ranked by Best win score (highest first). If two players tie, Level beaten (1-3) (highest first) and Moves to win (lowest first) decides it. Only your best run counts. Sign in with start.ng to save yours.

Play Naija Drafts

Naija Drafts is free to play in your browser on start.ng, with nothing to download. It was made by Aniyikaye.

It is a game for people who like brainy games, board and card, nigerian themed and two-player classics.