Chapters
How to play Naija Empires
Rule a real kingdom or city from its founding, grow it over weeks and hold it against raiders, from the Kingdom of Benin to Lagos today.
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The guide
Your first hour
Pick a city, find your way around and do the first tasks.
Building and upgrading
Builders, placing, timers, walls and every building type.
Town centre levels
What each town-centre level needs, costs and opens.
Resources and workers
Food, Materials, Wealth, Knowledge and the people who make them.
Meters, budget and approval
The six meters, the budget, taxes and keeping your seat.
The council
Advisers, decisions, warnings and tasks.
Research
Six branches of lasting bonuses.
Army and raids
Soldiers, heroes, raids both ways, bosses and the ladder.
Hazards
Floods, fires, outbreaks and how to prepare.
The four eras
What changes from the kingdoms to the present day.
Kola and speed-ups
The premium currency and every speed-up.
Questions
Saving, phones, time and history.
The four eras
Era I · Before the Flag
Rule a real kingdom or federation from its founding century to the Scramble for Africa.
Era II · Independence
Eight cities from independence night through the war. Grow your city, and when the war comes, win four of its seven battles: for independence in the south, for one nation in the north.
Era III · Khaki to Agbada
Ten cities from the return of democracy in 1999: NEPA taking the light, the first mobile phones, the bank shake-up, the creeks and the amnesty. The era ends at town-centre level 12.
Era IV · Naija Now
Ten cities in a hard decade. Turn it around: rail, ports, power, tech hubs, then the world stage.
A playtest. Naija Empires is free while it is being built: no payments, and your city is saved in your browser. Portraits are fictional depictions, and history in the game is checked against sources.