How to Play Kubb
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- How to play kubb shows you exactly how I play the ancient game of Kubb, aka Lawn Darts, Yard Chess, Throw Stick, whatever. I have posted this video along with more information on my blog: spreadthealoha....
Kubb can be played on grass, snow, sand, gravel, virtually anywhere. It's great for tailgating, camping, picnics, and lazy daze in the park. The Kubb set can be made with a saw and a trip to the hardware store, or purchased online. It is safe for all ages. The game can take anywhere from a few minutes, to over an hour, depending on the size of the pitch and the ability of the players. Go ahead and play, you won't be sorry for long.
Thanks to Andrew Minnick of www.9amArt.com for help shooting How to Play Kubb. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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WATCH THIS VIDEO FIRST. I, unfortunately, watched 2 other videos about this game before this one. This was the best at explaining the game, with the bonus of a couple beginner strategies thrown in.
Thanks Pete! Glad you're picking up what I"m putting down!
I'm a Sweden (viking) and I must say your guide is awesome. The rules are 100% correct more or less.
My husband and his buddy played this out in Montana when they were fly fishing a month ago. They bought me this game for helping them out with their trip. We just played today for the first time. Very fun! I love it! Although.... he did actually knock the King down from the temporary line at the end of the game. I'll be filing a protest with the national office tomorrow.... Great video!
+April Ezell Hey thanks April! Love the shot of Muir and Roosevelt in your avatar. My cousin, who still lives in Montana was the gentleman that introduced me to the sport. He's an avid fly angler as well, who was your husband fishing with, an outfitter? That behind the line to kill the king is a real gotcha, I say enforce it and congrats on the win.
Cheers!
+Justin Ross They went with Montana Angler near Timber Ridge. They flew into Bozeman and also went to Livingston to Dan Bailey's store. They fished the Madison and Gardiner Rivers and a couple others I can't think of off the top of my head. I'd love to tag along next time!
No this game was not played with the bones and skulls of enemies. Was originated with wooden dowels (kastpinnar) and rectangular cuts(kubb), just like how the game comes now. As my grandfather explained it to me, is that it was played usually before leaving for a battle or not to long after. The tallest of the kubb is the Jarl/King and smallest are his vikings/pawns.
I played once years ago and really like it. I just bought a set for a family reunion this summer. I had been reading the rules and it wasn't quite clicking. Watching you do it brought it back. I never knew about femurs and skulls. I'm excited. Thanks.
Thanks Jeb1900, that's the beauty of yard games, if you're throwing sticks around in the backyard, you clearly have time on your hands. Cheers.
Awesome game the whole family played this in the front yard. $25 trip to Lowe's, definitely worth it!!!
Hell to the yeah!
This was very well presented. I just heard about this sport 30 minutes ago and now I feel ready to play it.
If you don't know, now ya know!
This is my favorite lawn game. It's highly addicting, not overly difficult to play, involves some strategy and is great for large groups.
Well said lolita1970!
In Sweden we play that you need to toss it backwards when it comes to the king. So most people do it between their legs
I'm Swedish and I find the English pronunciation of Kubb hilarious. In Sweden we play this every single year at Midsummer with family.
I read the rules and understood them, but seeing it on a video and nicely explained helped a lot. Thanks!
Thanks farresto!
Woody Woodward -- I love KUBB country. I wish there was a way to hear your fabulous music on You Tube! Thank you for having such a great station!!
Why hasn't anyone noted your beautifully manicured backyard? I mean- damn.
Thanks Adam, part of the game is the pitch its played on;)
Some people might not realize the skulls and femurs thing is a joke as the video is otherwise a very accurate description of kubb.
I never joke about Kubb.
I'm glad you mentioned that, as I have to sell Kubb sets, and I was wondering how to spin the gruesome back story!!!!
Thanks for making this, this was prob the best vid I’ve found yet to clearly explain the parts with field skulls
Here to serve spronic1, here to serve.
We loved April's vibe. We want more
This looks awesome! I'd never heard of this before but I'm considering trying this at my wedding reception.
Erin W Thanks! I highly recommend it, we played several times during our wedding weekend. Cheers!
awesome help and perfectly explained. if i din't live in New Zealand I'd pop in for a beer and game. cheers!
Thanks 1shadeofgrey next time you're in Texas we'll have to crack a beer and chunk some timber. Until then, cheers!
Justin Ross Got to play this once when I was training down in Lackland, it was a bunch of fun
Way to be raiynen, but don't let you location stop you from playing . See my site in the link above to build your own set or purchase one to keep the good times chunking.
Thanks Wisconsin Kubb!! Glad you liked the video, I'd love to make it up there someday. Until then, happy wood chunking.
Going get a set for this weekend, pig roast, kubb and um yeah probably a couple beers! Great instructions! Thanks!
kyle reinhardt That makes me a happy camper. Happy birthday Freedom!
This game is awesome I played it for the first time a couple of weeks ago at a grad party, super fun and pretty simple.
Andrew Gasperlin Agreed. Once you play it a time or two, you can start coming up with your own strategy. Cheers, and congrats!
Thanks for the explanation - I'm teaching it to the students in my class as a new skill!
Sounds like the kinda skills class I would like to take!
Hi mr Webb hahah
I don't know Greg. That's how I was shown and it is really a lot of fun to play that way. Often times eager throwers will try so hard to knock a field skull down they'll wind up throwing out of bounds. Veteran players will cluster and if they get to stack 'em, great.
I love it! Great video. I learned to play this in Germany, where I live, but I haven't played it since last summer and so I'd sort of forgotten the rules. Thanks for the help!
Glad you found it Pete O., and thanks for the comment!
Kubb is a great game, it is not actually a viking game though, it is a modern game that gained popularity in the 1990's. Great instructions on how to play.
Thanks Past Times!
I'm learning to play Kubb for an outdoor group that I joined. It's really hard unless you're quite coordinated. Or as I say, KUBBordinated!!!
KUBBrilliant.
Thanks for this video...we are playing this game during a family reunion on the beach this weekend and I have to explain the rules to the whole family :-S ...super that you created this fun video! Regards from Holland...not quite Viking land but getting there!
S van Eijk glad to be of service! That’s why I made it, telling friends about the weekend ahead!
What a great and fun video, Justin. Thanks!
Wow man, the best video to explain Kubb yet, well done🎉
What a cool game, I never heard of it before today, thanx very much!
Great way to spend the day!
You sound like Cartman when pronouncing Kubb, lol
Mikael Andersson respect my authoriti!
Indeed he does
Excellent presentation of the game and its rules. Also, he must have prepared his lawn for playing. It flat, even and free of moss and wicked weeds...
Really good explanations for this game and I love the stacking variant.
Thanks! Let's crash some skulls!
Thanks galerienature!
Thanks, this video is what I was looking for.
Glad you found what you were looking for. Have fun now ya hear.
dude should be a game show host
InternetExplorers come on down!!
Love your description of Viking Chess! Awesome! Great video, and rules...Can't wait to play. My nephew got us regulation Kubb, sturdier and heavier than the REI version!
Deb McCoy Thanks Deb. "Are these goals regulation size or what?!"
We love how you've set it up.. All our Family has enjoyed your instructional video. Uffda!
Deb McCoy Thanks, glad to spread the word!
The Swedes invented this game. Here in Sweden, we play it since childhood. Everyone is born with a kubbstick in their hand.
Well thanks for the game and good luck to all the Swedish mothers expecting newborns!😳
As a Swede I play it every year at Midsummer but yet I still suck at this game 😂
Vixikie that’s ok, practice makes lucky with this game.
Great explanation - will have to make this and have a go. Thanks for making the video.
You bet, go crush some skullz!
Saw it on the beach in North Wildwood today!
This is great - thanks - the best/ clearest explanation have seen!
DollyWally DooDah thanks, glad to be of service!
Great explanation, thanks!
You bet Anna Grinde Stoltenberg, anytime!
Thanks bud, just bought the game! Now its time to crush some skulls!
As a swede I can tell you (from a little bit of investigation ;) that a more plausible theory probably is that the game was invented by some people chopping wood on their farm, throwing logs about for fun! Later on, when people from other countries started to show interested in the game, the story about the vikings was invented. It sounds more resonable dont you think? Althou much less exciting.
The viking story is more fun thou so why not go with that!! :D
You're guess is as good as mine, maybe better actually since you're Swedish...
I'm still going with pillage though...
I was originally told or was a viking children's game. Thank you for clarifying the rules!!!
Great video. Super easy to understand!
Glad to be of service.
Good to know. Thanks for watching.
Hi Justin. great video and i just love that you teach out playing it. and yes, the game is VERY old. if i remember correctly, it,s even from before the viking age. we still play it in both Norway and Sweden. i checked out a few other videos, and they insisted that it was just a SWEDISH game! hehehehe... the guy had blocked anyone from writing on his channel, so i gues it was some sore Norwegians (Norwegian myself.) who have nagged and nagged about it. i found a vid of me and some friends playing it on my old lap top and have just put it out. (need to get me a new set.) it,s realy fun to play it. AND it also teaches you to hit perfectly when you throw. a good aiming skill was needed when they threw rocks. you keep on playin, and let as many as posible know about the game, teach them and maybe one day we can have a world cup and play it here in Norway. DAMN that would be fun!
Here in Sweden where the game originated I have never heard anyone call it koob. Its more like kubb.
Oh waow, thank you for the video. Let me go and enjoy the game :-)
Proceed!
April and the Bone Crushers sounds like an awesome band name
That would be bad to the bone.
yes i love the game it's so good
So so good!
I wouldn't either! Follow the link in my description to my blog. I have updated it with a cut sheet and links that will get you what you need.
Hey Justin. You should make the trip up to Eau Claire next year and play in the U.S. Championship. I really like your video. All the best.
The Orgins of Kubb from the Viking age is a myth, most likely ony used for advertisment
the egyptians playd a variation of Kubb, which was picked up by the romans and then Picked up by the Persians,
Due to Viking raids the Vikings Adopted the game from the Persians and brought it to other places like Scottland.
"Kubb" means "blokk" so it has nothing to do with skulls.
However its a fun story and there is nothing wrong pretending ur playing with skulls and Femurs :)
MarkFilipAnthony well there ya go! 👊👊🍻
@@jross3030 👊🏾👊🏾🍺
For sure, if you love Bocce, you'll really dig Kubb.
love this game.Thanks! Question, what happens after you knock down the field skulls?
You bet jadelion11, share it with your family before the reunion, then give them a refresher when you set it up. Seeing it once helps, it's one of those games that's great to learn while you play, sharing the video can speed that process up. I really don't know if theres any truth to the femurs and skulls, but it makes for a good story.
This dude has a serious Big Trouble in Little China Kurt Russell vibe going on
Nate Clark Jack Burton, high praise!
It’s all in the reflexes
Got a camping trip coming up with my 3adult children! And I can’t wait to wup their butts at this😁 Looks awesome🙂
Oh yeah, that's what I"m talking about!!!
i play simularly but you can only move to the farthest back field kubb and if two of the kubbs touch while tosing them back touch they stack regardless if one was from a previous round.
verry good explain for kubb playing, Look here for buying and playing kubb.
Thanks for sharing the vid! I just checked out your FB page and am following you now. Cheers!
"April and the Bonecrushers" sounds like a band. 1:02
writheinpain april geary A bad ass band;)
Kubb on the beach is awesome! Easier to set up the "skulls." People always ask what game it is.
Dennis T. Nedry For sure.
A great game. Cool Vid !!
Thanks Toracube!
We play dis game every break time at school
You'll probably wind up playing this game longer in life than what we used to play at break time, which was Wall Ball.
A more elaborate version of Bocce Ball. Awesome.
You should try beerkubb, it's like beerpong version of kubb.
zombiemartin1 I’m down.
zombiemartin1 - how do you play?
@@danhoelck6270 It's pretty simple. You only need the king and the sticks and everyone has a can of beer or cider. You throw at the king in the middle, each person has one throw. When one team has hit the king they get to drink until the other team has put the king back up and ran back to their side. The team who empty their drinks first win.
@@zombiemartin1 Sounds intoxicating!
Thank you man, great video
nice game bro
Thank you, thank you very much!
Justin, you said, "A Kubb master can dominate on any surface, snow, beach, grass, or back alley." We are novices, so "yikes" with the grass, right? What about a sloped backyard? Impossible to play?
Impossible is such a strong word. Suggest you agree to switch sides between every game to even out the advantages/disadvantages.
@@jross3030 Thank you!
I believe you can spear the batons (femurs) as well
Whoa! Never seen that before.
about 8 years after I learned about this game, it's going mainstream. guess I'm not gonna be cool anymore....
+Anthony McDonald at least you'll have a leg up on the noobs.
I gotta make one of these.
+April Benson Do it! I link to the specs below the video. Cheers!
The best surface to play this is on fine gravel/sand. Avoid grass if you can.
Fine gravel or sand is a great surface to play on, more forgiving. A Kubb master can dominate on any surface, snow, beach, grass, or back alley. The game travels well.
i just played it on grass and it was great. what's the issue with it?
@@gregkrazanski The bricks will stay sturdier on gravel.
Great video!
+Iz69 Mahalo!
Saw this game advertised on GAB.
this game is so fun
Truth.
Great vid and explanation. BTW: skulls & femurs...lol That's what they'll be forever known as at my house too...Love it! Thanks!
matt murphy Ha! Thanks, glad I could make a little difference to y'all in NC. Happy 4th of July.
Ha! It's a game best learned while playing. The video helps introduce people to the game, but there is no better way to learn than to play.
Thanks Fredrik "The Viking" Lindstroem! "100% correct, more or less"...classic! Thanks for watching!
Are your batons really only a foot long? They look much longer in the video.
Dru Strange Good eye Dru Strange, the set I play with was crafted for me as a gift and is not regulation.
Hey Justin, great explanation on how to play Kubb! Your dog shows great restraint by not retrieving all the skulls and femurs! Just curious, is your dog a silver lab? Thanks
Hey Vigilant Voice, good eye, yes! Her name is Beta and she is a Silver Lab. Thanks for the compliment, however she only listens to me, and that's only sometimes. Believe there is a shot where she is all over April. Cheers!
Thanks a lot for the reply Justin, I really appreciate it, and you seem like a cool guy to hang out with. I raise and sell Silvers in Kansas. She’s a beautiful dog. Thanks, and cheers!
Very well done.
great work!
This looks fun! What was traditionally used as the 'king'? I'm guessing that might be the skull of the local ruler or actual King?
That's correct, if none were available a tribe leader, mayor or respected elder.
Thanks for the video! Is it just me, or does this give a clear advantage to whoever goes first, since they don't have to clear any field skulls their first turn?
Good point, and yes, for sure, that's why it's a game of skill to see who gets to go first, the closest to the king without touching it. My strategy is to draw first blood on the opening round and stay on them!
I know this is super late, but the US championship uses a 2-4-6 open to account for this meaning that the first team to go only throws 2 batons/femurs, the next team throws 4, then the first team throws 6 and it stays there. I guess this still gives the first team an advantage for skillfully throwing that first femur closest to the king, but they can't just skunk an opponent the first throw.
Hey, awesome video! Quick question: what do you use to carry your set? I bought a super nice set but it came with a totally crap bag. Any ideas?
Thanks BushRat253, good question. I've had great success with the canvas bag by Old Time Games. I've used it for years, and I use it for sets I've made and given as gifts. www.oldtimegames.com/accessories2.html
Great Kubb how to!
+Rollors Thanks Rollers! Roll on...
:)
When I knock over a defensive skull, is that thrown back to my side or is it taken out of the game? Great vid btw!
Hey Sam, thanks for the question. So you can decide beforehand how you're going to treat the field skulls.
2 ways of playing:
1. When a field skull is knocked over, it's thrown out of the game.
2. When a field skull is knocked over, it's thrown into your opponents field to become their defender and must be knocked over first.
Perosonally, I like #2. You will get more opportunities to move up as field skulls remain out there. #1 might move the game along slightly faster, but there are more long distance tosses from the back row without an army out there defending the back row skulls.
As long as you decide up front, they are both fun ways to play. Perhaps play a game or two #1 style, then #2 for more of a challenge.
JR
You know, I really want to play this game, but I'm not going to spend $50 on bits of wood. What are a rough measurement of these pieces?
Thanks Freakaefari! I open by saying there are lots of different ways to play, and this is how I play. Hopefully if you're training for World Championships you're not using a TH-cam video to tell you how to play!
Got interested in this because Kubb is commonly played amongst german
travelling journeyman.
Seems like a heavy game to wander around with.
Aye, but a journeyman, and any man worth his salt, should be able to find and build a quick set from firewood, just about anywhere they roam! They were probably mostly carpenters, after all and skilled woodworkers. And failing that, one need only vanquish ten foes and harvest dem bones! Thanks for this alternative to bocce. I will definitely be building and trying out a set this year!
shouldnt that be germeyman?
What?
Come se huh?
Great video! Thank you so much!
We just started playing last night and while my wife was adding skulls she knocked on over so they would usually be stacked, but then the thrown skull continued to roll out of bounds.
To settle our "debate" ;) How would you handle that situation?
Thanks BenjaminBustard.
Now, I think I understand your question. If your wife's skull knocked down a field skull, then continued to roll out of bounds, no problem. As soon as she knocks the field skull down she's good, regardless of where it goes from there. That's the reward for hitting the target.
Miss it however, and roll out of bounds, and it's yours to place wherever you want within 1 femurs length of the king. That's the risk you take for missing or firing too aggressively and not striking your target.
Hope that helps, keep on chunking.
~jr
So many rules sand I gotta say the word skulls is said so many time and so often, its really hard to follow how to play this game.
Brendan Bonds if you think this is confusing try reading the instructions that come with a kubb set
What brand are your sunglasses, Justin? Great game, and great shades!
Hey thanks! Those are Wayfarers by Ray Bans. www.ray-ban.com/usa/sunglasses/wayfarer/clv
this is basically viking baseball
Ryan Prendergast right. Basically. 😎
Did you make this out of landscape timbers? Closet rods?
Hey Kelly, yes, that's what this set was made from, the rods were the femurs and the landscape timer the skulls, but have experimented with different material. Cousin has one made from old ax handles. I posted plans on my blog, which I updated the link in this video description. Cheers!
In your example the bone crushers knocked over 2 skulls. Those skulls were then tossed into the play zone by a Pillager. The Bone crusher then stands the skulls straight up. The Pillager then attempts to knock over those 2 skulls before going for the ones in the back. My question is, what if the Pillager only knocked over 1 out of those 2 skulls thrown into the play zone? What happens to that one skull? Does it just get stood back up because not all of them in playing zone were knocked over? Or... Does the bone crusher get to put it back on his back line with the others?
Nate Adams good question. Any skull that gets knocked down is thrown back into your court to defend your back row, so it’s not all or nothing.
Nate Adams oh, and you wouldn’t ever add to your back row, once they get knocked down, they are thrown back and forth as field skulls.
Yall are pros!
Proceed at your own risk. ⚠️ ⛔️
oh boy..
could you make clear these are NOT the official rules please?
the official and standardised rules are a bit different, also the field and block size are strictly regulated. so i suggest using official kubb sets if you want to train for competitive matches (European or World championships for example)