Contact Shut the Box Online
Email is the way to reach a real person here: **john.weeks.dev@gmail.com**. John Weeks builds and maintains the site and reads everything sent to that address. There is no contact form, no ticket queue and no support bot.
What to write about
A one-line subject that names the page or the topic gets a faster and more useful answer.
- **Rule corrections.** The most valuable reason to write. Shut the Box varies by region and household, so say which rule, which page, and how you play it — specifics get acted on.
- **A bug in the game.** Tell us the browser and what happened. A game that breaks in a browser update gets fixed.
- **Reusing the data.** The score sheets, tables and odds are licensed for reuse with attribution. Write if you want to check how to credit it, or need a cut of the data we have not published.
- **Privacy questions or requests.** See the privacy policy first — the short answer is that there is no account and no database — and write if anything is unclear.
- **Press and research.** Happy to help with quotes, figures or background on the game and how the numbers were produced.
Who you are emailing
This site is built and run by John Weeks, a web developer who designs, codes and maintains every game in the network himself.
John Weeks is a web developer who writes the code, the rules and the strategy content on every site in this network. There is no editorial team behind the address and no agency — messages go to the person who can actually change the page.
Replies usually come within a few days. Corrections are prioritised over everything else, because a wrong rule on a reference page is the one problem that makes the whole site less useful.
Is there a contact form?
- No. These are static pages with no server behind them, so a form would have nowhere to submit to without adding a third-party service that collects more data than the rest of the site does. Email is simpler and more private.
How quickly will I get a reply?
- Usually within a few days. Rule corrections and bug reports get looked at first.
I think a rule on this site is wrong. What should I include?
- The page, the specific rule, and how you play it — including where you play it, since regional variants are usually the explanation. If it checks out, the page is updated and credited.