Double Baseline Action Razza Mataz
What’s it called when you hit a field kubb into a baseline kubb + the stick also knocks down a baseline kubb?
Rob House (Minneapolis)
When you hit a field kubb with a baton and that field kubb rolls back and takes out a baseline kubb, it’s generally known as a field/base double. I’ve heard it referred to as a “runner.” Also, when you hit the field kubb with a baton and that baton flies back and takes out a baseline kubb, I’ve heard that referred to as a “squirrel.”
However, I’m not familiar with any terminology regarding the field kubb being a runner and taking out a baseline and the baton taking out a second baseline. So I asked our friends Stu Gander and Sven Hickes from Tuesday Night Kubb to help us out.
Here are some of their ideas:
- Squirrel runner
- Double baseline action razza mataz
- Call it a “Doug Henning” because it’s magical. It would provide for some sweet Doug Henning pictures for the Graphics Department to create.
- Locomotive, because it goes in two directions
- Can also call it morning pee for the same reason
- Sasquatch. Rarely seen and often just a tall tale
Move baton, get out da way…
While blasting, your baton takes out a baseline kubb with field kubbs remaining. In order to stand the baseline back up in its original spot, you would have to move the baton that knocked it down. Do you remove the baton? Do you stand the baseline in a different spot? Do you shunt them in some way?
Drew Gander (Raleigh, NC)
In a case where the baton takes out a baseline kubb prematurely, the baseline kubb needs to be moved back to its original position. If there is a debate to its original position, the players need to come to an agreement on where to place the kubb or involve a referee or tournament director to be an impartial third party. You would not remove the baton or any other game piece that came to rest near the baseline kubbs. That baton (or kubb) can either aid or hinder the throwing team with any remaining batons they have to throw. You see players “use” the baton to aid in taking out a baseline kubb and you certainly see plenty of times when the “junk” in the way helps the defensive team and make it harder for the throwing player to hit that baseline kubb. If a game component (baton or kubb) comes to rest in the same spot that you would need to reset the prematurely struck baseline kubb, the baseline kubb would be put back to it’s original spot and you would move the game component as little as possible to be as close to the final resting spot as possible. In most cases, I find the baseline kubb would be immediately behind the baton or kubb that came to rest in the same spot. Consult your opponent or a ref/director for assistance, but you would not remove the piece.
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