Kubb

Kubb (pronounced koob) is a popular Swedish game and has been passed down anciently as a Viking Game. There is much discussion on where it came from and how it came to be, but for that's another story.

No matter how kubb began, the truth is that there are millions of people all over the world that enjoy Kubbin' and we are among those people. What is Kubb you ask? Let us answer that question here and get you playing "koob" as soon as possible.

Kubbin' is a way of life. It's for young and old alike. Over the generations there have undoubtedly been many ways to play Kubb. House rules can be as different as the players who Kubb, but here we've assembled the basic rules needed to play the game of Kubb.



Kubb Field Setup
Set the field markers (d) in a rectangular shape to create a field about 16 ft by 26 ft. 5 kubbs (b) are placed on each team's baseline as shown above. And lastly, the King (a) is placed in the middle of the field.

Kubb Rules
To start team one throws 4 of the 6 batons at the opposing team's Kubbs from behind its own baseline, trying to knock down as many of the opponents' Kubbs as possible.

When team one has tossed 4 of the batons, team two tosses any Kubbs that were knocked down by team one back over into team one's half of the playing field. The tossed Kubbs are stood up again wherever they land.

Team two now takes all 6 of the batons and tosses them first at any of the kubbs that team one knocked down and were thrown back onto their side of the field. Only after that can team two attack team one's five baseline kubbs. Once a field kubb is hit they are set back up in their original place. If a kubb on the baseline is knocked down before a field Kubb, then it is set up again. No penalty is extended.

Play continues with each side taking turns throwing the 6 batons until one team has knocked over all the opponents' Kubbs. Once a team succeeds in knocking down all their opponents' Kubbs they must finally knock down the King. When this happens What is Kubb? is over. If a team knocks down the King before they'