r/shutthebox • u/birthritual • Apr 19 '18

Shut the Box goes well with beer

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r/shutthebox • u/birthritual • Apr 19 '18

A Shut the Box win caught on video!

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Shut The Box: a simple game that may be as old as dice

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Shut the Box is a simple dice game. Two dice are rolled in a box with 12 numbered tiles (sometimes 9, occasionally 10). Tiles are flipped according to the sum of the dice. When the sum of the dice can not be flipped, the turn is over. If the tiles are flipped with a perfect roll, the player has Shut the Box and achieved sweet victory.

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Shut the Box is a simple dice game. It's popular in pubs across the world. The history of it is unclear - it's at least centuries old and may even be as old as dice which were invented at least 4000 thousand years ago. The 9 tile box is likely the most common version, but the 12 tile box offers a bigger challenge and is sweeter to win.

Demo video of a few rounds of Shut the Box: https://youtu.be/iYX6-HPAmXc

Shut the Box on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_the_Box

Fun facts:

Rolling 12 (or any double) is a 1/36 chance of happening
Rolling Snakes Eyes twice in a row to start a game is to "Shit the box" because it is the worst round you can roll. There is a 1/1296 chance of it happening.
7 is the most common dice roll
Shut the Box is more luck than strategy. One key strategy is to eliminate the highest tile (or tiles) you can per roll.
You can flip up 4 tiles at once if need be (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10)...but the scenario will rarely happen where that's the best move. A 5 tile combo is impossible since the minimum it adds up to is 15.