Reddit reviews Front Porch Classics Circa Shut-the-Box, Wooden 9 Number Dice Game with Case for Travel, for Adults and Kids Ages 8 and Up
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Circa Shut the Box from Front Porch Classics is a tabletop version of the popular English pub gameRoll the dice and try to cover all the numbers in order to ''shut the box'' and win the gameThe game comes in a handsome solid wood box with handmade wooden dice and tilesWinner of the Oppenheim Gold Seal and Platinum Awards, suitable for age 8 and upFront Porch Classics offers "unplugged family entertainment" that brings people together through play
That's amazing! That must've taken eons.
Players in my games have given me gaming supplies (dice, books, etc) and one gave me the actual game - Shut the Box - that I use as a mini-game when players in fantasy or pirate settings want to gamble.
The best gift I gave a GM was a medieval journal like these.
Make your starting capital by running games for other people. For example, Liars' Dice. Everybody puts up a copper, and that's my take - four copper for being the guy running the game. (This is peanuts; drinking money at best.) They they throw in a copper whenever they lose a die. Last man standing wins a total of two silver. (Two silver is still a pittance in the grand scheme of things, but you can eat and pay your taxes for two months on that much.) I just show up with my cups and make drinking money for watching other people gamble, without a hint of risk to myself. There's another guy - a better rogue than I'll ever be - who did a similar thing with a game called Shut The Box. Him being a better rogue, he figured out a way to make a killing running that, with minimal risk to himself.
Try this. You just need paper, the rules are super simple, and it takes about 30 seconds to play. I play the "digital" variant listed on the website. I have the one in the Amazon link, but you can use paper for the 1 through 9 tiles.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_the_Box
http://www.amazon.com/Front-Porch-Classics-53501-Circa/dp/B000NDZ0QS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408947571&sr=8-1&keywords=game+shut+the+box