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Setup
Each table needs four players divided into two teams. Teammates sit across from each other. The tables are labeled with one as the head table, and any other tables are numbered.
Objective
Win rounds by scoring more points than your opponents. Points are scored by rolling matching numbers on the dice of the round number.
Game Score
Rolling one matching number is 1 point. Rolling two matching numbers is 2 points. Rolling three matching numbers is a Bunco and is 21 points. Rolling three dice of a kind in a different number than the round is 5 points.
- Round 1 = 1s
- Round 2 = 2s
- Round 3 = 3s
- Round 4 = 4s
- Round 5 = 5s
- Round 6 = 6s
Game Play
The first player begins rolling and collecting points. If a player’s roll contains at least 1 point, that player gets to roll again. Once a player rolls no points, the dice move clockwise to the next player. The player’s accumulated points are recorded for that team.
Once a team at the head table scores 21 or more points, a sound is made to signal the round is over. The current rollers at the other tables continue to roll until a no point roll to finish their turns. If the score is tied, each player gets one more turn.
The team with the most points after all players had one more turn wins the round. Six rounds make up one game. The amount of time available can determine the amount of games played.
Player Score
The players on the teams that scored more points during the round record a “W” for the round. The player on the teams that scored less points than their opponents record an “L” for the round. Each individual player that rolled a Bunco during the round will record a tally under the Bunco section of the player scorecard.
Team Switch
After each round, players switch tables and partners. The two players that won the round move one table ahead.
For example, winners at table 2 move ahead to table 1. The two players that lost at the head table move to the last table. Players will change seats so that each player has a different partner than the previous round.
Winners are determined by adding up all the Wins, Loss and Bunco's on your score card.
Persons with the Most Wins, Most Losses and Most Bunco's win prizes given out by the Fundraisers Event Coordinator who is there throughout the entire game.
