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2013 Kubbnation Magazine Published

The 2013 issue of Kubbnation Magazine has just been published! Head on over to their website to get your copy! This issue highlights the Year for US Kubb.

There are two articles in this years Kubbnation from Planet Kubb. Their is an Introduction to Planet Kubb (p. 29) that goes over our first year, as well as a article that outlines the Planet Kubb Notation System (p. 31). We are honored and proud to be published in this years Kubbnation!

Pro tip: Put the PDF for Kubbnation on your iPad or other device. It works great there and makes for a wonderful read on the couch. While your at it, grab the 2011 and 2012 issues as well so you have the full library.

Planet Kubb YouTube Feed Change

Over the course of the last couple of months a handful of “spammy” YouTube videos have syndicated themselves onto Planet Kubb and then the Planet Kubb Facebook page and @PlanetKubb Twitter account. These are typically cheesy videos of people selling Kubb sets. All of these videos were picked up by a generic search feed of YouTube for anything containing the words “kubb” and “game” in the description. I’ve now disabled that feed.

Going forward I’m going to limit YouTube feeds to ones from known users that post Kubb games or other Kubb content (not ads). We are currently pulling in feeds from 12 different users on YouTube. If you are ever curious what feeds are pulled into Planet Kubb World the status page lists them all (you can also get it in OPML format).

This change means that some random person who posts a video with “kubb” and “game” in the description will not get syndicated. If you know of YouTube users that are not currently included in the feed and do post Kubb content, please comment below and I’ll get them added right away.

Opening team

The team that throws first in a game.

Wisconsin style

Playing kubb before dawn.

Minnesota slide

This is an alternative method of [[drilling]], or throwing the kubbs back into play, that is used on ice or frozen ground. Whereas the typical drill attempts to spike a kubb edge into the dirt to stop it, the slide focuses on dropping the Kubb side on the ice so that it slides predictably instead of bouncing off the ice.

Real Kubb game

Sometimes Kubb players will indicate that there is a “real Kubb game” when all the baseline kubbs are cleared, leaving 10 field kubbs in play.

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Phase

Common sections of a given turn, there are four phases of a game; the beginning throw phase, the kubb tossing phase, the kubb raising phase, and the baton tossing phase.

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Punishment Kubb

Teams are allowed one fault per kubb while throwing [[field kubb]]s (the kubb comes to rest in such a manner that it cannot be raised in bounds). If the second throw of the kubb is also judged to be a fault then the kubb is referred to as a punishment kubb and the defending team can place it anywhere in their half of the pitch provided that it is no closer than one baton length to the king or any field marking pin.

Flat drill

The act of [[drilling]] a Kubb in a fashion where the Kubb does not cut or move after impact. A flat Kubb is said to ‘die” on impact.

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Goofy cut

The act of [[drilling]] a [[kubb]] so that it cuts from right to left, for a right handed player.
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