About this Event
Sign up your Team of 2 to compete in a fun yet simple Swedish throwing game called Kubb -- a Scandia Vinterfest Event at Gammelgarden Musuem.
Anyone can play! Compete for prizes. A practice area will be available to get the hang of the game. Participants should be at least 12 years old – no experience needed.
The bracketed tournament is open to 16 teams of two people each. Sign up for Round 1, and winners will move to the next round. Games will be played for 25 minutes, and the leading team will be declared winner at 5 minutes before the half hour. The Championship Game – and the Consolation Champion Game - will be played to completion.
Round 1 (16 teams): 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, or 12pm
Round 2 (8 teams): 12:30 or 1pm
Semifinal Round: (4 teams)1:30 pm
Championship Game: (2 teams)2pm
Consolation Round: (4 teams - determines 3rd Place winner)1:30 and 2pm
Prizes will be awarded to the Top 3 Teams.
GAME TIME AND LIVE REGISTRATION: Registration is available to 16 teams on Eventbrite. After sign-up, you will receive an email with your assigned Round 1 Game Time. Open slots will be available for in-person registration at the Gammelgarden Museum Velkommen Hus (large red building) at 10am on Saturday January 25.
All teams must show up for the in-person registration at 10am to confirm your spot. Slots may be given away if you do not show up to confirm. Arrive at least 10 minutes early for your round. Games will start promptly at the scheduled time.
What Is Kubb? From https://www.kubb.world/the-game
Kubb (Swedish pronunciation: [kɵbː]) is a Swedish game with characteristics similar to games like bowling, Mölkky and pétanque. The word kubb stems from the term vedkubbar, which means wooden block in the Gotland dialect of Swedish. Kubb is played between two teams. The objective of the game is to knock over all the kubbs, and then the king, with throwing sticks — before the opposing team does.
Everyone can enjoy kubb. It takes only a few minutes to grasp and can be played on different surfaces, such as grass, sand, snow or even ice. The number of players can vary, although 8 to 16 players is generally recommended. The duration of a game can range from 30 seconds to more than an hour. Playing a game of kubb requires both skill and precision, but also a strategical mindset!
The game kubb has a long history. Kubb as we know it today was invented on a Swedish island named Gotland. It gained widespread popularity in the late 1980s, when commercial sets were first manufactured.
Gotland — Sweden's largest island — is generally considered the home and origin of the game kubb. Legend has it that the game dates back to the Vikings and has survived since then on Gotland, but there's really no evidence to support this. Kubb is sometimes marketed as Viking Chess nonetheless. There is however evidence that skittle games similar to kubb were played in Ancient Egypt and Greece, which leads us to conclude they migrated north, rather than the other way around.
Because of the description of a skittles war game similar to kubb in the second edition of the Swedish Encyclopedia Nordisk Familjebok, 1911 is often considered the year of birth for kubb. The first written mention of the word kubb however is dated to 1931 in a book by a Gotland native ethnologist, visiting the island Fårö. Since Fårö is part of the province Gotland, one could say that kubb was invented on Gotland after all.
In Gotland in the late 1980s, kubb's popularity suddenly surged as it started to emerge in parks and gardens. There came a demand, and so the first kubb sets for commercial sales were made. In 1995, the first Kubb World Championship was organised in Rone, Gotland. By 1998, kubb had become so popular that it became interesting for the Swedish company Brioopen_in_new to produce cheap factory made sets — targeted at the international market. Nowadays, most kubb sets are made of rubberwood, which does not easily chip or splinter.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Barton Johnson Memorial Park at Gammelgården Museum, 20880 Olinda Trail, Scandia, United States
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