A game round is a set of two turns, each team attacking once and defending once.
Author: Garrick van Buren
Pitch
The kubb field of play; a 5m by 8m rectangle including surface such as grass, sand, or any measurable amount of snow.
Obstruction
A game component that interferes with raising field kubbs including kubbs, the king, center and corner stakes.
Match
Best of three games.
Kubb
The eponymous game piece. A game of kubb requires 10.
King
The centerpiece of the game and of the Kubb set. Be the first to topple him and win, but do it out of order and lose. Hail him!
[[File:Kubb King by the Untrained Eye.jpg]]
Game
The play of Kubb between the setup and the king being toppled.
Field kubb
A [[base kubb]] which has been [[toppled]] and, having been thrown back onto the field, has “joined the game”. All field kubbs must be [[toppled]] before base kubbs can legally be attacked.
Defending team
The team raising kubbs (not throwing) in a given turn.
Corner stakes
Used to mark the 4 corners of the Kubb pitch.