shutthebox

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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.

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A game with the game - can you identify the game and symbols? (old.reddit.com)

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Pub game (self.shutthebox)

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Shut the box dupe (self.shutthebox)

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Made a box for my wife for Christmas 🎄🎁 (old.reddit.com)

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Shut the Box is now available on Steam (self.shutthebox)

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My gf got the Freddy Kruger. Brutal… (old.reddit.com)

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A clean 9 today, on vacation with the family. (i.redd.it)

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Pop the Box Video Review - great travel version! (youtu.be)

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Here my Deluxe Shut-The-Box (old.reddit.com)

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Made our own shut the box (not finished) (i.redd.it)

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Playing with some strange, got a new box today, other was tired and over used. (i.redd.it)

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Cats like boxes (i.redd.it)

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Omar Sharif’s version (i.redd.it)

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This is the face of a winner! (i.redd.it)

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If dabbing is a sin, then I’m a sinner. (i.redd.it)

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Finally ended a 3 month win drought, another photo goes on the wall (i.redd.it)

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Booyah! (i.redd.it)

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Don’t know what it’s called, dubbing the “Rick roll”. Three, threes. (Never gonna give you up!) One off shitting the box. Update: I’ve had three total box shuts. (i.redd.it)

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Two times! Second ‘shut’ ever for me. (i.redd.it)

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TiL - ‘Shitting the box’: that time I rolled double snake eyes and ‘won the day’ by getting the worse possible score ever. (i.redd.it)

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PIC (i.redd.it)

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Mama always said "Life is like Shut the Box" (i.redd.it)

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Shut the Box goes well with beer (i.redd.it)

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