Greetings all!

New Kubb player here. I stumbled across the rules last week, my
friends and I made a set Saturday, and we just could not stop playing
all day, and into the night. We love it.:)

So in reading some of the various sets of rules around I came across a
possible loophole in language that I wondered how you all thought
should be interpreted.

In discussion of thrown field kubbs that are not knocked over during
the opponents turn, I've seen it said that the throwing line should be
moved up to be inline with the kubb closest to the king. Do you all
play this as closest to the KING, or closest to the half court line?

It is very possible for the kubb that is closest to the king to
actually be farther back than another field kubb - one that it is
right near the half-field line, but way over by the edge boundry, for
example.

Do you find /feel that this is meant to be played as written- closest
to the king, no matter which is farthest forward? Or is a poor choice
of words, and is intended to mean closest to midfield?

from the wikipedia summary: "If either team leaves field kubbs
standing, the kubb closest to the king now represents that side's
baseline, and throwers may step up to that line to throw at their
opponent's kubbs."

The "official rules" linked from vmkubb.com aren't very helpful in
this regard either. They are great at explaining the flow of the game,
and the example of play is great for getting a feel of the play, but
oddly enough, they don't really contain a formal set of rules. :)

In their example of play the situation above does not come up.

( http://www.vmkubb.com/rules/english.pdf )

In panel 9, only one field kubb remains, so there is only one choice
of where to draw the line. Panel 13 is the same, with only one kubb
left in the field. And in panel 15, the farthest forward is also the
closest to the king, so it doesn't matter.

Anyway, it doesn't affect game play /too/ much, though it does offer
some strategic consideration when throwing one's kubbs into the
opponents field. We're not hard core rules lawyers or anything, and
generally just like drinking whiskey and throwing wood around in the
park, but I was curious if I was misreading this or not. It'd be nice
to know incase we ever want to play with other people, to know what to
expect from Kubbdom at large. :)

Also, howdy to SeattleKubb folks! We are also in Seattle, and perhaps
once we get our skills sharpened up, we will challenge you! :)

Lastly, our own slightly sillied up version of kubb we're putting on
our own site: http://www.zerothousand.net/zkubb.html

Still need to put pictures of our set up, and suggestions for
decorating etc. We are quickly becoming kubb evangelists. :)

-CJP (Team ZeroThousand)