Objective
This is the classic English pub game on tiles 1–9. Shut (flip down) as many tiles as you can. Your score is the sum of tiles still open — lower is better. Shutting every tile is a Shut the Box (score 0).
How a turn works
- Start with every tile open (standing up).
- Roll two six-sided dice. If the remaining open tiles sum to 6 or less, you may choose to roll one die instead.
- After the roll, shut one or more open tiles whose numbers sum exactly to the dice total. A single tile equal to the total is legal, as is a combination (for example 6 and 3 for 9).
- Then roll again, and so on, until no legal combination exists for the current roll — that is a bust, and your turn ends.
Two players
- Each player completes a full turn on a fresh box. First to shut the box wins outright. Otherwise the lower remaining total wins. Equal scores are a draw.
Online play
- Choose Play Online, then host a room or join with a game code.
- The host takes the first turn. Dice are rolled on the server — the board only animates the faces it is given.
- If someone leaves mid-game, the remaining player wins. After a match you can play again if both stay in the room.
Keyboard
- Space — roll (two dice, or one die when that is the only legal choice).
- 1–9 — select or deselect that tile after a roll.