Shut The Box (Canoga)

Fun game that is great for adults (who can play for 'the pot' ) and kids too (great way to learn to manipulate numbers and sums).

Roll the dice and cover up the number that your roll totals. Any combination of your total can be flipped up. Keep rolling until you run out of numbers that can be flipped to get your total. Whatever numbers remain total your score. LOW score wins!

You can Buy the game here... http://www.cabinfever.org/ - still available as of January 2005

'A bit more in depth rules of the game below'...

Canoga
Any number of players
Object: Get lowest possible score

1st player roles the dice. Player flips up any combination of numbers which match their roll. Example: If player rolled a 12 they could flip up the 12, the 11 and 1, the 10 and 2, or ANY 1 or 2 number combination which totals their roll.

1st player continues rolling dice until rolling a number which cannot be played. Example: Player rolls 12 again but has used all possible combinations while making
other rolls

Player 1 now counts up all numbers which have not been flipped over. This is their score.

Player 2 now begins.

Low score wins.

Canoga is a great way to learn how to manipulate numbers and also has been
used as a gambling game for more than 300 years.