How to Play Shut the Box Dice
The Shut the Box dice game has been a popular gambling game in Northern France since the 12th century. Still today it is used as a gambling game; however you don't have to be a gambler to play.
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Instructions
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Obtain a Shut the Box game board that has numbers 1 through 12 on it. Some boxes only go up to 9.
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Roll one dice per player to determine who goes first in this game. High roller goes first, next high number goes next and on down the line.
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Roll both die into the box if you are the first player. Cover up the numbers that you've rolled with the counters- either the total number or individual numbers. Cover up the highest numbers that you can. For example, if you roll a 10, you can either cover up the 10 if you haven't already or cover a 1 and a 9; a 5, a 4 and a 1; an 8 and a 2; and so forth.
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Keep rolling your dice and covering up as many high numbers as you can. Numbers covered up cannot be reused. Your turn is over when you roll a number that you cannot match with numbers that remain uncovered.
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Count up the numbers that remain uncovered. This is your score. For example, if you have a 2, a 4 and a 6 uncovered your score is 12.
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Go around the table until everyone has taken their turn.
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Win the game by having the lowest score at the end of the game. If there is a tie, all players who have tied play against each other to determine a winner.
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Tips & Warnings
You can make a game board if you don't have one by drawing the numbers and making or obtaining counters to cover them with. Roll your dice into a shoebox to play.
