The 9-number game actually entails more skill than the 12 number game, because to complete the 12 door game, you must be lucky enough to roll double sixes. In the nine door version, there is less reliance on luck as you choose how to allocate your dice. Note that it is easy to play nine door shut the box with a twelve door set, but not vice versa. All sets come with rules, dice, and felt-lined rolling tray. Our best Shut the Box is handmade in Wisconsin of oak and features laser incised numbers.
Numbers are screen printed onto the basic shut the boxes.
To read the Rules of Shut the Box along with a tactical analysis of the best plays, please visit follow this link to an analysis by Cambridge University professor Tim Hunt. This little dice game is catching on. The luck of your roll tells you whether to give a chip to the person on your right, put some in the center, or give to to the left. We suspect that some people may be using coins rather than chips to boost interest. Set comes with three dice, rules and two dozen chips in a plastic tube.