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- Shut The Box has been around since the 18th century and was thought
- to have been invented by fishermen in the Channel Islands. It has remained
- a popular game in the British Isles and has also been glorified in the TV
- game show High Rollers. Its simplicity coupled with a beat-the-odds type
- of play, make Shut The Box, a fun, fast-paced game.
-
- THE OBJECTIVE:
-
- Players try to get the highest monthly score possible, by shutting
- numbered doors or "tiles" which match rolled dice. At the beginning of play,
- panels ("tiles") numbered 1 thru 9 are displayed on the screen in an "up"
- position (see Figure 1).
-
- ┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
- │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │
- ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
- Figure 1
-
- The player begins by rolling two dice and closes a combination of
- doors (we'll call them tiles) whose numbers total that of the dice. The
- player's turn ends when a number is rolled which cannot be matched by any
- total of the remaining tiles left up (open).
-
- For example: A player's first roll is a six and a two, totalling
- eight. The player may shut either the tile numbered eight, or the six
- and two, or the five and three, or any other combination that totals the
- rolled value of eight.
-
- In our example, the player chooses to shut (pull down) the two and
- the six, leaving the board as you see in Figure 2.
-
- ┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
- │ 1 │ │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │
- ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
- │ │ 2 │ │ │ │ 6 │ │ │ │
- └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
- Figure 2
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- When the player is finished selecting tiles (and the Tile Total is
- equal to the total of the dice), the player presses <ENTER>. The tiles
- that were pulled down will then change color and be considered out of play
- or "closed".
-
- Upon game completion, all tiles are reopened and the player may
- select to play another game providing that he has not reached the maximum
- number of daily turns allowed by the System Operator.
-
- At the end of each month, the player with the highest score is
- declared the winner. The top-three scoring players are recorded and displayed
- to players throughout the following month.
-
- SCORING:
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- Whenever tiles are shut, or pulled-down, and "entered", the player's
- score is incremented by the total of the tiles which were closed. At the end
- of each game, players receive a bonus of 10 multiplied by the number of tiles
- that were closed. If a player closes all tiles, a bonus of 300 points is
- added to the player's score and the player is awarded a free turn.
-
- GAME CONTROLS:
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- Primary Command Set:
-
- The primary command keys used to control Shut The Box, are the number
- keys 4, 6, 8, 2, and <ENTER>. Move the block cursor using the numeric key pad
- with the NUM LOCK key turned on. The block cursor can be moved right and left.
- To close a tile (pull it down), use the 2 key. To open a tile (deselect it),
- use the 8 key.
-
- (u)
- 8
- (l) 4 6 (r)
- 2
- (d)
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- Alternate Command Set:
-
- The alternate command keys used to control Shut The Box, are the
- keys A, D, W, X and <ENTER>. Move the block cursor using the keys A and D.
- The block cursor can be moved right and left. To close a tile (pull it down),
- use the X key. To open a tile (deselect it), use the W key.
-
- (u)
- W
- (l) A D (r)
- X
- (d)
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- When you are satisfied with the tiles you have pulled down, press
- <ENTER> to "enter" the tiles and remove them from play.
-