From the Swedish game Kubb to the delightful Pindaloo, here are 12 offbeat backyard games to try this season. There are very specific rules about how to toss the batons, how to set up the kubbs, and in what order everything needs to be done, which makes this a great game for people who love structure. The official rules use cancellation scoring, in which one team’s points cancel out the other’s after each round; for example, if you score four points and the other team scores six, your four points cancel out four of theirs, and their tally for the round is two.