The Bunco game, also known as Bonko or Bunko, is a popular game played with nine dice and requires luck. Play Bunco at a party, with your family, or with eleven of your other friends. Follow these steps to learn how to play it.
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Method 1 of 2: Setting Up Bunco Games
Step 1. Know the goal of the Bunco game
The players roll the dice and collect the number of "wins" (which are referred to as "buncos"). The player who manages to collect the highest number of wins or buncos at the end of the game is the winner.
Step 2. Know how to get buncos
Each round of the game corresponds to a number on the dice. The first round corresponds to the first dice, the second game round corresponds to the two dice, and so on. If a player rolls the dice and manages to get three dice that are the same as the number of the current round of the game, then the player will get a bunco.
Example: If the game is currently entering the fourth game round and the results of the roll of the dice show that all three dice result in four dice, then that player gets a bunco
Step 3. Find a group of twelve people to play with
The Bunco game is played with twelve players because the number is divisible by four.
- If you are playing with more or less than twelve people, make sure that you are playing with a sufficient number of players so that there are four players at each table.
- If you are playing with an odd number of players, assign a "shadow player" to someone. The pair of "shadow players" rolls the dice and records the score for the "shadow players". Basically, there will be an odd number of players on the team who will have to roll the dice and record the scores for the two players.
Step 4. Understand what the main table is
The main table controls the game. The game starts when the main table rings the bell. To choose the players who will be at the main table:
- Collect all twelve value cards. Assign someone to draw a few small stars on the four score cards.
- Shuffle the cards. Have each player choose a score card. The players who choose the value card with the star image are the players who will play at the main table.
Step 5. Divide the remaining players on the two tables
At each table there will be four players. A typical Bunco game consists of three tables, namely one "lose" table, one "middle" table and one main table. The main table is the best, while the "losing" table is the worst.
Step 6. Divide each table into two teams
The players sitting opposite each other are members of the same team. However, keep in mind that this will change for each round of the game.
Step 7. Choose a scorer for each team
This player will play, but will also be in charge of recording scores for his team.
Step 8. Provide the things needed to play on each table
Each table should have a notebook to record the values of the three dice, score cards for each player, and pencils for each of the four players at the table.
Method 2 of 2: Playing Bunco
Step 1. Begin the first round of play
A player at the table will take all three dice and roll the dice. Players will hope to get as many dice as possible, as this is the first round of the game.
- For each dice that results in a single dice, the player will get a value of one, unless the three dice result in an all-one die, which will get a score of 21 (highest possible score that can be generated). It is called " bunco ", and that's why the game is so named. When a player gets a bunco, he must shout, "Bunco!" Put a fence symbol on the value card of the player who gets the bunco.
- If the player's dice roll results in the same dice on all three dice, but not one, then he gets a five, but this is not a bunco.
Step 2. Let the first player continue rolling the dice until he or she doesn't get the required points anymore
When the player does not get the required dice, the dice are handed over to the next player to his left. For example, in the first round of the game, if a player rolls the dice and the value of the dice shows three, four and six, then that player must pass the dice to the next player because none of the dice show a single dice.
The dice must also be turned over to the next player as soon as a player scores 21. This can happen when getting a bunco or the result of the roll of the dice shows that at least one dice has produced the required number and is added to the existing value
Step 3. End the first round of play
When one team from the main table scores 21 or more, the round of play is over. The team must shout, "Game!" The scorekeeper at the main table rings a bell to signal the end of the round of play. The team at each table that has the most points is the winner for that round of play at each table.
- The players may complete the roll of the dice which was started when the bell was rung.
- If there are equal scores between two teams at a table, one player from each team must roll one dice. The player who gets the higher dice wins the team.
Step 4. Write the letter M on the scorecard for the winning team
The losing team (the team with the lower score) writes the letter K on its scorecard. Then do a team shift.
- The team that wins at the main table remains at the main table. The losing team at the main table moves to the "middle" table.
- The winning team at the "middle" table moves to the main table. The losing team moves to the "losing" table.
- The winning team at the "losing" table moves to the "middle" table. The losing team remains at the "losing" table.
Step 5. Switch play partners
You don't have to, but it makes the game even more interesting. After each team has moved tables, switch playing partners so that you create a new team.
Step 6. Continue the game
Proceed to round two (the new number expected by the team to roll the dice is number two). In the Bunco game there are six rounds of play. Playing up to the sixth game round will be a game set.
Step 7. Record the value
It's a good idea to take note of the score your team (you and your playing partner) got as well as your own score (how many buncos you've earned).
Step 8. Determine the winner
After all the rounds of the game are over, each player has to count the number of buncos they got, as well as how many times they won and lost. You can determine who the winner is based on the player who gets the most buncos, or the player who gets the highest number of buncos and wins. Give the winning prize accordingly.
