Mölkky

Mölkky [ Mölk ː y] is a Finnish game of skill for outdoors, will be thrown on the wood with a throw of twelve on-edge game woods. The objective of the game is to reach exactly fifty points.

Game material

The game consists of

  • A cylindrical throwing wood, diameter 55 mm, length 25 cm
  • Twelve cylindrical Game woods, diameter of about 55 mm, length about 15 cm, oblique top marked with the numbers from one to twelve (burned or painted ).

Regulate

Mölkky can be played in principle, with any number of participants. It is useful to number of participants between three and six people.

At the beginning of the game the game twelve timbers are placed touching each other in the form of an obtuse triangle which shows with his " low" tip to throw line. The beveled number surfaces are oriented to the throw line out there is a certain order of numbering observed, the exact grid is shown on the left. The throw line is three to four meters - from the front wood - depending on the desired difficulty.

After each roll, the hit points are determined according to the following schedule as a "fallen timbers " include only those that do not lie on one another or the throwing stick:

  • If only a timber, the player gets as many hit points as the respective timber represents ( one to twelve ).
  • If more than one timber, the player gets hit points than the number of the fallen game woods ( two to twelve ) - ie independent of the standing on the wooden figures.
  • If no wood, the player gets zero points and the mention of a false cast. As misthrow also include a transgression of the throw line. Three missed shots in a row lead to the resignation of the player until the end of the game.

The hit points of each player are added to his score so far. If a player reaches doing exactly fifty points, he wins, and the game is over. Meanwhile, if the addition of the 50 -point mark, the score is further played to 25 and reset regularly.

To continue the game, the fallen timber after each litter placed at exactly the point again where it came to rest, and in such a way that it first again tilted back on his foot and then, where appropriate, on its own axis with Oberseitenschrägung be rotated to the throw line back. Then the next player raises.

Pitch

The game is played outdoors and needs a larger free surface because the field can expand considerably in the course of the game. At the beginning, although only a manageable area of ​​approximately two by three meters is required; because the fallen game woods are however placed at the point again where they stayed occur after the throw, an extension to ten times fifteen meters is not exceptional. A special field is not required, a not to hard sandy soil or lawn with a flat surface, however, is ideal for the game.

Game

The following skills are - similar to boules - during Mölkky trainable:

  • The concentration
  • Accurate targeting
  • The coordination
  • The strategy
  • The relaxation

Throwing technique

The throw can be executed in every possible way that seems the player makes sense. It is advisable to make the throwing technique of position and distance of the bars depends to throw for example on the first throw the throwing stick on the upper arm away, because you can develop the more power and the rods thus widely distributed, whereas targeted distance casts better be carried out by swinging down. There is also no rule to handle the throwing stick, so whether he should be in line with the forearm or held across it. Too, should be decided by toss to throw.

Mölkky in Germany

Since 2008, the Nürnbergin Pölkkyveikot ( Nuremberg Pölkky brothers; NPV) and directed the German - Finnish society Nuremberg from an open Mölkky German Championship.

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