How to play Bunco: rules & scoring
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Bunco is a party dice game run entirely on luck: roll three dice aiming for the round number, and keep rolling as long as you score. It's usually played in teams, with players rotating tables.
- Players
- 2 to 12
- Length
- ≈ 45 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- What you need
- 3 standard 6-sided dice.
How to play
- 6 rounds.
- Each round, the target number changes (round 1 = 1s, round 2 = 2s, etc.).
- Roll 3 dice: each die showing the target number = 1 point.
Bunco!
If all 3 dice show the target number, it's a BUNCO! Worth 21 instant points.
Gameplay
Keep rolling as long as you score at least 1 point. When you score nothing, next player's turn.
Winning
Highest score after 6 rounds wins.
How many points is a Bunco?
21 points: all three dice show the current round number (three 4s in round 4).
How many people do you need for Bunco?
Two is enough, but the game is designed for 12: three tables of four, in teams of two, with 3 dice per table.
What about three of a kind that isn't the round number?
In the basic rules only dice matching the round number score. Some groups give 5 points for this "mini Bunco"; agree before you play.
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