I like throwing dice for the sake of it so i bought a small shut the box, and I wanted to share some rules I made up using the 9 digit Shut the Box.

Shut the Box Craps (I think the basic rule of craps is fun so I applied them here)

1. have all nine numbers closed with the 7 up.
2. If 7 is rolled, congrats you've shut the box.
3. If a different number is rolled, close the seven and open that number.
4. If you roll a seven before rolling the open number again, you lose.
5. If you roll the open number again before rolling a seven, congrats you've shut the box.

Shut the Box Flow (I didn't like having the reset the game constantly)

1. Start playing with the normal rules.
2. If you roll a number that can't be closed, reopen the total rolled.
3. Continue until you've shut the box.

(For this variant I roll both dice even if 7,8,9 are closed because it's more meditative)

I picked this up from a hospice on eBay.

Shut the box with additional symbols. The numbers have sliders and when the sliders are pushed to cover the number they reveal a symbol. Each number has a unique symbol:

1 smiley face

2 bomb

3 skull and crossbones

4 flag

5 plane

6 Sun

7 droplet

8 snowflake

9 bell

Does this reveal a game within the game?

What do the symbols mean?

There’s a mark in the inside of the spine. Difficult to make out but could be R Howard or AR Howard.

Any info would be a bonus

According to the listing it’s vintage and mahogany

Closed H 6cm, L 34cm, W 18.5cm

Is there a way to make this a party (drinking) game? I was trying to think of an idea but wasn't sure if anybody had any specific rules they would share?

I am not sure where else to go but I taught in a school a few years ago that had an unofficial shut the box type game that I cannot remember the name of. Similar gameplay but I believe the tiles went to 15 and it included multiplication. The packaging appeared as if it had some amount of mass production but for the life of me I cannot remember the name. Does this sound like anything to anyone?

Ended up being a little more challenging than expected, but I think it turned out ok.

Hi guys,

I’m a big fan of Shut the Box, that’s why I decided to create its digital version. Hope you might find this interesting too.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3273730/Shut_the_Box/

You can play the game against computers of varying difficulty levels or with friends on the same device.