With the game dating back to the Viking Age it’s been claimed that it has survived since then on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island.
In a Nutshell
EquipmentPlacement of a kubb set at the start of a game.
- Four (or six) field marking pins
- Ten rectangular wooden blocks, called kubbs
- Six throwing batons
- One king
Setup
- The field marking pins are placed so that a rectangle is formed (see image)
- Five kubbs are placed on each of the baselines, equidistant from each other
- The king is placed upright in the center of the pitch
Gameplay
- Team A throws two batons from their baseline, at their opponent's baseline kubbs
- Kubbs that were successfully knocked over by team A are then thrown by team B onto team A's half of the pitch. These field kubbs are stood up again in the location where they landed
- Team B then throws four batons at team A's kubbs — first knocking over any standing field kubbs, and only then the base kubbs
- When a team is unable to knock over all field kubbs before their turn is over, the kubb closest to the centerline becomes the (throwing) baseline for the opposing team
- Play continues in this fashion, with team A and B now taking turns in throwing all six batons, until a team is able to knock over all kubbs on the other team's side. That team may now attempt to knock over the king
- The first team that topples the king, wins the game
- Fallen kubbs are thrown from the original baseline, as are attempts to knock over the king
- A team that accidentally knocks over the king during the game, immediately loses the game
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