My favourite game is a local Yoruba game called AYO OLOPON - which means "seeds in he Holder".. All though i am an Akwa-Ibomite, i love this game so much and could spend several hours on it.
AYO game is a traditional board game which is well known as the game for intellectual Which requires so much of mathematical prowess to scale through.
In ancient times, the Ayo game was believed to be more than just a game, it was often thought of as a spiritual game that is played to amuse the spirit of the death, before a person is buried but in recent times, more than 60% of Nigerian homes, have and play the Ayo game.
Although at first, I kept loosing to my opponent but consistent playing helped me yo know the ropes around the game. I can recall how I loosed to a little kid of 6 years old and it happened repeatedly 🙈🙈🙈..Huh!! this kid laughed me to scorn..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I had to do my homework and one day I won him too and everyone was so surprised and kept asking "how"
HOW IT IS PLAYED
The game is usually played between two people sitting in front of a wooden box and the first person begins by picking up all the seeds in the first hole on his/her axis and then passes it through the holes moving in a clockwise direction. During the process, if the last seed drops in a hole with four seeds on the opponents axis, then that particular hole is "captured" by the person playing. Now if the person jeeps capturing your holes and the seeds, then at the end at the game, he/she has the greater number of seeds, then you've loosed to the person.
WHY I LOVE THE GAME
I love the AYO game because it boost and improve my calculative skills because usually a high skill of mathematical calculation to win against your opponent.
Again, I love this game because its simple and easy to come buy, you don't need a crowd or a huge organization coming together to plan for an even before the game happens..
I just have so mich joy playing the game maybe because the name AYO is feminine and it means great joy...
If you've gotten to this point, then all I can say is "THANKS" for reading through....