How to Play Bunco
- 1). Divide twelve players into three groups of four people. Two teams sit at each table; teammates sit opposite each other.
- 2). Assign the tables as the head, middle and bottom. At the end of a round, the winning team advances to the next table. Losers at the head table move to the bottom table.
- 3). Supply each table with three dice, a score sheet and a pencil for each player, and a scratch pad for the table's scorekeeper. Place a bell on the head table.
- 4). Begin play with the scorekeeper. The scorekeeper at the head table traditionally rings the bell to begin the round.
- 5). Roll your three dice.
- 6). Keep score at each table. (See the Related eHow "How to Keep Score in Bunco.")
- 7). Continue to roll until your roll earns no points. Play then moves to the left.
- 8). Continue to play at your table until a team at the head table scores 21 points or more - at which time, the scorekeeper rings the bell again.
- 9). Change partners after every round, with one player moving to the seat to the right before the next team arrives.
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Play six rounds per set and at least two sets per game. The winner is the player with the most wins, though some groups award prizes in categories such as most Buncos and most losses.
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