How to Play Shut the Box Game

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Summary: The Shut the Box game is a family counting game that requires rolling two dice and flipping down the number flaps that equal the total that was rolled. Teach children how to count and do math using the Shut the Box game with information from a game store employee in this free video on board games.

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By Windy Challey
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Windy Challey has worked at Games of Berkeley for more than eight years. In that time, she has demonstrated and sold thousands of board, dice, role playing, miniature and puzzle games.read more

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"Hi! My name is Windy St. George and this is how you play Shut the Box. Shut the Box is a classic family counting game. It's played with a box that has flipping numbers that you buy specially. You usually got up to 9, sometimes you can get ones that go up to 12, and two dice. The object of the game is to get all of the pieces flipped over but you only use each number once. You roll two dice and the total is taken down off of the number flaps. I've rolled in 8, so I can either shut the 8 or the 3 and the 5, instead of the 8. You can do any combination as long as it adds up to 8. I'm going to roll the dice again, this time it's 5 so I have to do the 4 and a 1 because the 5 is already down. 8, 6, 7, 5. I can't flip down on something that equals 5 here, so I would be out. The way to win the game is to have perfectly gotten all the numbers down and only use each number once, and that's how you play Shut the Box."

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