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An Africa map game where you build an empire

Africa is the biggest open frontier on the map: 2,354 tiles, 55 countries and 56 capitals and megacities, many still unclaimed.

Season 1 is live: 23 players hold land, 5 days left to take yours.

Africa on the TapGuessr map, with empires in West Africa, Egypt and East AfricaPlay free

Africa on the map

Africa has more countries than any other region in the game, which means more crowns to win. The largest by tiles are Algeria, DR Congo and Sudan. The small ones, such as Rwanda, Burundi, Togo or the Gambia, can be ruled with very few tiles.

The TapGuessr globe turned to Africa, with empires in the west, north and eastPlay free
Africa from the globe, with empires growing out of Lagos, Cairo and Nairobi.

African cities worth 5 troops a minute

Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Antananarivo, Asmara, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul, Bissau, Bloemfontein, Bujumbura, Cairo, Cape Town, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Freetown, Gaborone, Harare, Kampala, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Lomé, Luanda, Lusaka, Malabo, Maputo, Maseru, Mbabane, Mogadishu, Monrovia, Moroni, N'Djamena, Nairobi, Niamey, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Port Louis, Praia, Pretoria, Rabat, São Tomé, Tripoli, Tunis, Victoria, Windhoek, Yamoussoukro and Yaoundé.

How to play

  1. Plant your flag. Tap any free tile on Earth to start there. It's free, and you can't start right next to another player.
  2. Earn troops. You get 20 troops a minute, plus 1 for every tile you hold, 3 for a big city and 5 for a capital or megacity. They build up while you're away.
  3. Grow. Spend troops to claim free land up to three steps away (farther jumps cost more), or attack any tile right next to yours.
  4. Rule countries. Hold more than half of a country's tiles and you rule it. Your name goes on the rankings next to it.
  5. Win the season. Each season runs two weeks. Whoever holds the most land at the end wins, then the map resets and everyone starts again.

Live from the map · Season 1

Who rules Africa right now

  • simplybetterthanyourules Gambia
  • simplybetterthanyourules eSwatini
  • simplybetterthanyourules Rwanda
  • simplybetterthanyourules Djibouti
  • simplybetterthanyourules Egypt
  • Alpine Nomadrules Botswana

Biggest empires this season

  1. 1simplybetterthanyou5293 tiles
  2. 2Alpine Nomad872 tiles
  3. 3sandstorm770 tiles
  4. 4prairiefire434 tiles
  5. 5Monsoon_22402 tiles
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Questions

Is this an Africa countries quiz?

No. It's a strategy game on a real map: you claim land, take cities and rule African countries against other players. You'll learn the map along the way.

Is TapGuessr free?

Yes. The game is free to play in any browser, on a phone or a computer. There is nothing to download and no account to make.

How long does a game last?

A season lasts two weeks, and the map is shared by everyone playing. Most people play a few minutes at a time: spend your troops, check who's attacking you, and come back when your troops have built up again.

Fifty-five countries. Fifty-five crowns. Start with one.

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