Hej CJP!

First, welcome to the Yahoo Group! Glad that you are here. If you
have not, please feel welcome to browse through wisconsinkubb.com. I
like your site and you had me laughing pretty hard.

Interesting question. The "new line" is formed from the kubb closest
to the half-pitch line. However, I have thought it would be fun to
play that you have to throw from the actual spot of the kubb that is
closest to the half-pitch line.

Have a good day and happy kubbin'!

Kubb is ALIVE!!



--- In US_Kubb@yahoogroups.com, "whirling person" <dj_bebop@...>
wrote:
>
> 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)
>