Ayo is a popular strategy board game that originated in West Africa and is engaging and addictive! The objective is to win all the houses (holes) on the board.....It is a game of two. This African Ayo game is one of our traditional Africa games with Ayo being played by youngsters across Africa,It is played with 48 pellets, the Pellets being distributed among 12 arcic holes. Making it 4 Pellets per hole.