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 ...

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 ...

A Swedish lawn game which is steadily growing in popularity in the UK has seen a team from Bristol take the national title. The three players called "Stockholm Syndrome" were crowned UK champions in ...

Even as cars rushed past on a perfect Sunday afternoon, the back lawn of the Salisbury Civic Center was a picture of earlier times, as a group of people in odd costumes tried to master a game started ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lawn game with Scandinavian roots has taken over the pint-sized city of South Pasadena. What is it: It's called "kubb" (pronounced koob). The game has been described as a blend of bowling and ...

May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 Updated Jun 10, 2023 BELOIT—It has been called “Viking Chess.” It has been called a combination of bowling and horse shoes. Or it has been called a combination of Bocce Ball ...

A Scandinavian lawn game that's similar to a cross between bowling and horseshoes will have its first Illinois championship Saturday in Batavia. The Energy City Kubb Club is hosting the event at ...

As a kid, and years later at family gatherings, I played bocci ball, croquet, jarts and badmitten. Once my son made me a “washers” game. It’s like bean-bag toss, except you throw 2-inch washers at the ...