History of Klappenkasten
A traditional dice game with a row of numbered flaps, played in pubs and on ships - where and when exactly it began is not certain.
A game for pubs and ships
Shut the box, as English-speaking countries call it, is a traditional dice game: a row of numbered flaps, two dice and a little arithmetic. It is often connected with fishermen and sailors and with pubs, but where and when exactly it began is not documented reliably. Boxes with 9 or 12 flaps are sold to this day, and the rules differ a little from house to house - for example when a single die may be rolled.
This version
Klappenkasten uses the common rules: flaps 1 to 9 or 1 to 12, one die once the high flaps are closed, and the open flaps as points. The name is a plain German description of the game; the drawings were made for PaperGames.