Desktop Shut The Box
Also known as Canoga or "Batten down the Hatches", this is the old gambling game for as many players as you like. Player throw the dice and choose to shut either the numbers thrown or sum of the numbers thrown. Each player tries to close all the numbers and thus shut the box!
Desktop Shut the Box
New
for 2008, this is an excellent version based on the extremely popular
Coffee Table or Old Century Shut the Box. It has the same Olde Worlde
style but is rather smaller and therefore a more economical option while
sacrificing none of the good quality. This product was formerly called
Circa Shut The Box.
The game is more of a chest than a box with a chain to hold the lid and a metal handle and clasp at the front. The numbers are chunky wooden panels with a decorative shield painted on the back of each and enclosed are rules and two wooden dice.
Dimensions are 20 x 15 x 7.5cm (8 x 6 x 3 inches)
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A few facts about Shut the BoxIt's not known exactly where Shut the box originated from. Most theories point to a source in Northern France; some specify Normandy and the Channel Islands as the specific location and claim that it has been played there for at least two hundred years. There is only evidence for it within England from the middle of the twentieth century, it having reputedly been brought to the South of England from the Channel Islands in 1958 by a Mr. 'Chalky' Towbridge.. One source claims that Shut the Box is also common in Zambia! An old pub gambling favourite, Shut the Box uses two dice and a special wooden playing tray. The tray features the numbers 1 - 9 in a row, each of which has a hinged cover and a turn involves repeatedly throwing the dice and shutting or covering a number or pair of numbers each throw. The turn ends when no numbers can be covered upon the throw of the dice at which point the player's total is calculated. The ultimate aim is to completely cover all numbers or "shut the box" which results in the best possible score of zero. For more information on Shut the Box, see the Online Guide to Traditional Games.
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