1 - Hold On
ConfigurableThe player keeps the turn and may play again.
In a two-player game this is simply another immediate turn for the same player.
Naija Whot
How to Play Naija Whot
Match the top card by shape or number, use special cards wisely, and declare Last Card and Check Up at the right time.
Basic Objective
- Match the top card by shape or number.
- A Whot card can be played on any normal card.
- The first player to legally finish their hand wins the round.
- Some rules can be changed by the room host before the game starts.
Deck and Shapes
Circle
Triangle
Cross
Square
Star
Whot
Normal Turn
- Play a card that matches the active shape or the top card number.
- Alternatively, play a Whot card and choose a shape.
- Draw when you cannot, or do not want to, play.
- After drawing, the turn passes to the next player.
Special Cards
2 - Pick Two
ConfigurableThe next player must draw 2 unless they defend with another 2.
With two players, a defended 2 sends the accumulated penalty straight back to the other player.
5 - Pick Three
ConfigurableThe next player must draw 3 unless they defend with another 5.
With two players, a defended 5 sends the accumulated penalty straight back to the other player.
8 - Suspension
ConfigurableThe next player is skipped.
In a two-player game, skipping the opponent gives the same player another turn.
14 - General Market
ConfigurableEvery other active player draws 1 card, then the same player continues.
In a two-player game, the opponent draws 1 and the same player plays again.
20 - Whot
Always availableA Whot card can be played on any normal card and requests a new active shape.
Two-player behavior is the same: choose Circle, Triangle, Cross, Square, or Star.
Penalty Stacking
- Pick Two can be defended only with another 2.
- Pick Three can be defended only with another 5.
- Pick Two and Pick Three cannot be mixed.
- The penalty accumulates until a player draws it.
- Pick Two and Pick Three stacking can each be disabled by the host.
Declarations
Last Card must be activated before playing from 2 cards down to exactly 1 card. Missing it draws 2 cards immediately.
Check Up must be activated on the play that empties your hand. Missing it draws 2 cards and the round continues.
Whot Shape Selection
Whot can be played on a normal card. After playing Whot, choose one requested shape: Circle, Triangle, Cross, Square, or Star.
CircleTriangleCrossSquareStar
Whot cannot be selected as the requested shape.
House Rules
Max players
Default: 4 playersRooms support 2-4 players.
Starting hand size
Default: 5 cardsEach player starts with 3-6 cards.
Turn timer
Default: 20 secondsA timed-out player draws the pending penalty, or 1 card when no penalty is pending.
Best-of match length
Default: Single roundA match can be a single round, best of 3, or best of 5.
Pick Two stacking
Default: OnWhen enabled, a pending Pick Two can be defended only with another 2.
Pick Three stacking
Default: OnWhen enabled, a pending Pick Three can be defended only with another 5.
General Market
Default: OnPlaying a 14 makes every other active player draw 1 card.
Hold On
Default: OnPlaying a 1 lets the same player act again.
Suspension
Default: OnPlaying an 8 skips the next player.
Last Card
Default: OnA player moving from 2 cards to 1 must declare Last Card or draw 2.
Check Up
Default: OnA player playing their final card must declare Check Up or draw 2 and continue.
Double decking
Default: OffAllows several cards of the same number to be played in one turn.
Direction changes
Default: OffWhen enabled, playing a 2 or 5 can reverse turn order.
Quick Example
Top card
Legal shape
Legal number
Illegal
Whot option
If the top card is Circle 7, Circle 3 is legal by shape and Star 7 is legal by number. Triangle 12 is illegal because it matches neither. Whot is legal and then asks you to choose the next active shape.