Mölkky

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Mölkky [ ˈmœlkːy ] is a Finnish game of skill played outdoors in which a throwing stick, the “Mölkky”, is thrown at twelve upright sticks. The aim of the game is to get exactly fifty points.

Game material

Components of the Mölkky game

The game consists of

  • a cylindrical throwing stick, diameter of approx. 55 mm, length approx. 250 mm
  • twelve cylindrical playing sticks, diameter of approx. 55 mm, length approx. 150 mm, sloping top marked with the numbers from one to twelve.

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Starting line-up of the woods

In principle, Mölkky can be played with any number of participants. A number of participants between three and six makes sense.

At the beginning of the game, the twelve sticks are set up touching each other in the form of a truncated triangle with its "low" tip pointing towards the throwing line. The inclined numbering areas are also aligned towards the throwing line, a certain sequence of numbering must be adhered to, the exact starting line-up is shown opposite. The throwing line is three to four meters - depending on the desired difficulty - away from the front woods.

After each throw, the hit points are determined according to the following scheme, whereby only those wood that do not lie on another or on the throwing wood count as "fallen wood":

  • If only one wood falls , the player receives as many hit points as the respective wood represents (one to twelve).
  • If more than one piece of wood fell, the player receives the number of fallen sticks (two to twelve) as hit points - regardless of the numbers on the sticks.
  • If no wood falls , the player receives zero points and the note of a miss. Crossing the throwing line also counts as a miss. Three missed throws in a row lead to the elimination of the player until the end of the game.

Each player's hit points are added to their previous score. If a player reaches exactly fifty points, he wins and the game is over. If, on the other hand, the addition exceeds the 50-point mark, the score is reset to 25 and normal play continues.

To continue the game, after each throw, the fallen pieces of wood are set up again at the exact point where they came to lie, in such a way that they first tilted back on their feet and then if necessary around their own axis with the bevel on the top Be turned towards the throwing line. Then the next player throws.

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Player picking up the throwing stick

The game is played outdoors and requires a larger open space, as the playing field can expand considerably in the course of the game. At the beginning only a manageable area of ​​about two by three meters is required; However, since the fallen sticks are set up again in the place where they remained after the throw, an expansion to ten by fifteen meters is not unusual. A special playing field is not required, but a sandy soil that is not too firm or a lawn with a flat surface is ideal for the course of the game. There should be about three to four meters between the sticks and the throwing line.

Player throwing

Throwing technique

The throw can be made in any way the player thinks makes sense. It is advisable to make the throwing technique dependent on the position and distance of the sticks, e.g. B. throwing the throwing stick over the upper arm with the first throw, as you can develop more strength and thus spread the sticks widely, whereas more targeted distance throws are better carried out swinging from below. There is also no rule about the handle of the throwing stick, i.e. whether it should be held in line with the forearm or across it. That too should be decided from litter to litter.

Mölkky in Germany

Since 2008, the Nuremberg Pölkky Veikot (Nuremberg Pölkky Brothers; NPV) and the German-Finnish Society Nuremberg have organized an open German Mölkky championship.

Mölkky in Austria

In 2015, an open Austrian Mölkky Championship in doubles was held in Innsbruck for the first time, which was successfully repeated the following year. In 2017 the venue was finally relocated to Vienna, where the 1st “Wiener Steckal Werfen - Austrian Mölkky Championship” was held on May 27, 2017 in a team of three.

See also

A similar game that is particularly popular in Sweden and Norway is called Kubb .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c MÖLKKYSÄÄNNÖT . FIMA website. Retrieved September 13, 2015 (Finnish) - Unavailable July 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rules of the game | Mölkky. In: www.mölkky-spiel.de. Retrieved April 19, 2016 .