These are the sounds that continuously echo during an “end” of Kubb (pronounced KOOB), the recreational yard game that is slowly but surely gaining popularity across the nation. “We always just say it ...

How to describe Kubb, the Scandinavian lawn game played with wooden blocks and batons and pronounced "koob"? "It's like cornhole and bowling combined, but nothing like that," says Kyle Hicks with a ...

A small, cleared-out space in front of the Portman Park recreation building in eastern Duluth was filled with satisfying wooden plinking sounds on Sunday as brothers Shane and Erik Linge, and Shane's ...

Anyone who has played Kubb will tell you it is an addictive/fun yard game for all ages. Kubb is believed to have originated on the Island of Gotland just off the coast of Sweden about a thousand years ...

Don’t let COVID get you down; paly a game of Kubb! Because of vaccines, small family gatherings are permissible. But because of lack of travel, yard games may be more popular now than ever. I urge ...

Kubb is sweeping the Midwest, but don't even try to explain it. The Des Moines Kubb club hosted an event to introduce beginners to the seemingly complicated sport on Sunday afternoon at Millstream ...

BELOIT — About 10 years ago, John Coia’s stepbrother introduced him to a new game involving throwing wooden batons at wooden blocks. On Saturday, he was putting his 10 years of experience in playing ...

There’s a new lawn game being played in Buffalo called Kubb, an ancient game that was invented on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Kubb (rhymes with tube) is also referred to as “Viking Chess”, and is ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. -- It's not far-fetched to say a game changed Markus Perria's life. It certainly changed his uncle's. Perria's uncle, whom he's called uncle Waynie since he was 4 years old, learned a ...