What yard game did I see today?

[lykaon78]

Traveling for work today and I had some extra time in Milwaukee. Took a bike ride around the lakefront and saw two different groups of people playing the same game in grassy areas.

The game seemed to have four players and numerous standing wood pillars about 18-24 inches high. Players seemed to be tossing another piece of wood at those wood pillars. Possibly trying to knock them down. (I was riding a bike so I didn't see much of the game.)

Never seen this in Cincinnati. Can anyone shine some light on what this may have been?

 

[Carson Dyle]

Kubb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMZ-dFMJSc

 

[Homerboy]

Hmmm I've lived in MKE my whole life and I don't know what you're speaking of....

 

[zinfamous]

Midwest area, I would have assumed bean bag toss with a couple of kegs of Old Style involved.

 

[JTsyo]

Kubb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMZ-dFMJSc

This is probably it. I had co-workers visit Sweden and bring it back. They brought it for the company picnic. Bit more involved than horseshoes.

 

[Homerboy]

Midwest area, I would have assumed bean bag toss with a couple of kegs of Old Style involved.

That's where I thought it was going to go.
Though "bean bag toss" is called "Cornhole" around these parts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole

 

[DrPizza]

Kubb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMZ-dFMJSc

Never heard of that game before. I wonder if it'll be a hit this summer. 6am to 10:30/11am: fishing. 11am - 5pm drinking beer and playing lawn games. 5pm-the bugs drive you off the lake: fishing. So, in addition to bocce, corn hole, washers, and ladder golf, we can play this game with chunks of firewood.

 

[96Firebird]

So, in addition to bocce, corn hole, washers, and ladder golf, we can play this game with chunks of firewood.

You need to play some Kan-Jam, its a Western NY thing!

 

[lykaon78]

Looks like it was Kubb. Thanks.

 

[DrPizza]

You need to play some Kan-Jam, its a Western NY thing!

It's weird - I see people playing that all over the place, but almost no one in my circle of friends really gets into it. Besides, too much athleticism involved in knocking the frisbee in - you'll spill your beer. Ladder golf: beer in left hand. Washer: beer in left hand. Bocce: beer in left hand. Corn hole: beer in left hand.