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Roll It, Sister!
Reconnecting over a Game of Bunco
By Renee Roberson
The following is an overview of the game, taken from The Bunco Book, First Edition:
Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.
Players score points by rolling three dice and trying to match the number they're supposed to roll for that round (such as a one or two). They get a point for each die that rolls the number, and if all three roll the number they score 21 points or bunco. They also score five points for rolling three of a kind of any other number (also known as a baby bunco). The player gets to keep rolling as long as they score one or more points with each roll. Once they stop scoring they pass the dice to their left and the opposing team gets a chance to score.
During each round the teams at the head table try to score 21 points. The first team to score 21 points wins the round and play stops. At all other tables play stops when the head table play stops and the team with the highest score at each lower table wins the round.
At the end of the round players change seats, the winners at each of the lower tables move up a table, and the losers at the head table move to the lowest table. Players also switch partners at the end of the round, so you never play with the same partner twice in a row.
During play, players track the number of rounds they win and lose as a team, and the number of buncos scored individually, on their personal scorecard. At the end of the night wins/losses and buncos are tallied and prizes awarded.
But every group plays differently with slightly different rules and their own style. The point is for the players to have as much fun as they can during their time away from their busy lives.
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