Thank you Christina! Playing bunko really is easy and simple but when you try and explain it, it is a little challenging as there are a lot of little things to know. I'm glad it came across clearly for you. I appreciate the comment!
Hi Ruth, I would still switch tables because it means you will sit with different people through out the game. To me thats one of the cool things about rotating. You get to talk to almost everyone and that's part of the whole process! It's a social evening!
good comments and tips....just starting a new bunco group tonight...glad i checcked u out coz i'd forgotten the score for a baby bunco. additionally we use a soft toy to toss to people when the bunco and the last prerson holding the toy get a prize, too...we are not going to give a prize for scores, however. keeping it simple for now. maybe we could add that in later. Thanks alot for taping this for us. BUNCO!!!!!!!!
Hi Eleanor, All you have to do is click on the link below the video in the description box and sign up for my newsletter. You will get a link to the score card in a confirmation email that asks if you want to sign up for the newsletter. Once you sign up and confirm, you will get another email with the link to the score card. Remember that the rules your church group uses may be different than mine. It's still very easy to play and you will have a great time!
Thanks for posting this as I have been invited to join a large group of ladies playing Bunko and I know nothing about it..this video is wonderfully done..thank you so much!!!
Thanks for stopping by! Bunko is a lot of fun and I'm sure you will enjoy it! Now you will need some recipes to take to your bunko meet ups! Check out my appetizers and drinks! Enjoy!
I'm forming a large group and have never played this game...so THANK YOU for the great instruction video. I'm looking forward to learning and meeting new friends. I also subscribed to your newsletter and will definitely use your bunco pdf....it will give me something to do this weekend while waiting for TS Karen. :)
I want to thank you for this excellent video. My hubby and I have been invited out New Year's Eve along with other couples. We will be playing Bunko. i had heard about it thru the years and was curious! This video helps those of us who are new to the game! I know we will have a rollicking good time--HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
Thank you for this video Robin! A few quick questions: 1. Does play for a round stop if anyone at any table gets a score of 21 (either cumulative or by rolling a Bunco) or if this happens just the head table? 2. How is the seating at the Head table determined? 3. If someone Bunco's, do all players in that round (at every table) finishing their turn at rolling?
Hi Shelby, let's see if we can answer those questions. 1. Play for a round is controlled by table 1. When a table 1 team reaches a score of 21 then that stops play for everyone and they blow the horn. However, notice who at your table (other than table 1) the horn was blown on and continue rolling until you get back to the person who it was blown on. Does that make sense? Players at table 1 just stop once they reach 21. 2. When we start play, we just tell everyone to go take a seat. It's random really. 3. Play stops if someone at table 1 rolls a bunco. It's a short round! If you are at any other table and you roll a bunco, you just keep rolling and adding points just like normal. Let me know if you have any more questions. Bunco is easy to play but somehow more difficult to explain!
Jia, it is a great game and what a fun idea to play at Christmas time. I have been hosting a cookie exchange party for Christmas for the last 17 years and I focus on the games! Everyone has a ball and this party is always such fun!
This is a great tutorial for Bunco! Thank you for taking the time to put a video together and share with us. I am starting a neighborhood Bunco group and will use your RU-vid video for our first meeting.
+Becky Robinson You are welcome Becky! I'm betting you and all the ladies will have a blast! Don't forget to check out all my appetizers ru-vid.com/group/PL345679C156F56116 for snacking throughout the evening!
Such a fun game. We have a bunch of ladies that play once a month. The difference is the bookkeeping. We make it very simple by awarding all of the winnings to the one with the most "Buncos" and that person donates it to a charity. It's a win win situation. We have a ball and it all goes to a good cause. And it's not even a gamble. We already know our $10 is going to a good cause.
Hi Cortney, you would rotate the same with 8 tables. I would stick with having one game of 8 tables. If you tried to run two games at once, I think it would get too confusing with two different start times and you would have two sets of horns starting and stopping play. Let me know if you have anymore questions. Also, congratulations on your new baby!
Looks like great fun. Can't wait to test your instructions out with a few friends first so we can get the hang of it. Then we'll invite 12 or more people to join in and have a "real" Bunko game! Woohoo!
+Miss Melody You are going to have a ball! It's a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any more questions. Once you start playing you will see how easy it really is.
Hi Carolyn, Thanks for your questions. You asked why at table 1 do the losers move where as every where else the winners move. The answer is.... I don't know. That's just how I was taught. Question 2: My answer is the same... I don't know the reason why. They have to rotate in some fashion and that's how we do it. Question 3: How do you rotate if there are only 3 tables. The answer is 1 rotates to 3. 3 rotates to 2. 2 rotates to 1. That's it! Have fun playing bunko!
I have no clue as to why, since I'm watching this and learning with the rest of ya but my guess is because table 1 is the head table and your goal is to get to the head table. So if you lose the round and your at table one you've been kicked out so to speak. If you're at table 2 and you win you've just been promoted to the head table, almost like thanksgiving when you've been moved from the kids table to be with the adults table. That's my assumption anyway.
Thank you for taking the time to do such an in depth video, the BEST so far that I've seen! I have a question regarding how long we roll each number. IE: is it once the 4th person at each table finishes rolling #1, then does the first person that started the round starts the next round to roll #2's, and so on? Or do we continue rolling #1's until someone reaches 21 or when the head table rings the bell? I'm hosting a bunko for the first time with 12 ppl and we'll be playing 3 games.
The head table controls the game. Once a team at the head table reaches a score of 21, they blow the horn to stop everyones play. Let me know if you have any more questions!
I want to thank you for this video! I am an Activities Director for a Retirement facility. And we play Bunco once a week for only $6. There is no buy in for them, this is 'house-money'. Our way of playing is a little different because they can't move table to table, so everyone plays for themselves. We award $3 for most buncos, $2 for most highs and $1 for most lows. The gang that plays is a mix of men and women. But we do have a few disagreements that come up and maybe you can shed some light on them for me. 1) Say someone get s Bunco early and a table has not been able to do a full round yet. I know they roll once to complete the round, but lets say all 4 roll and no get a point. Would you score them all for tie for low for that round, with no highs awards for the table? 2) If player A has 19 points and player B has 0 and then rolls a bunco, is player B awarded both Bunco & the High? Or should player A be awarded High to avoid a potential tie at the end? and last 3) At the end of the game while adding up scores, let's say player C has the most Bunco AND the most Highs. Should player C be awarded both priizes or should they take the Bunco prize, being the most money and the next person with a high score get the high win. Sorry for the long questions but some of my seniors are constantly at each other over these simple things. And if I get an opinion on them since there are mixed rules out there then I can give them a final answer. Appreciate the time and effort, Rob
karen christensen Glad to hear my video helped! You may find that the bunko you go to tonight may have slightly different rules but that's okay. At least you have a general idea of what's going on! Have fun!
Table 1 is the head table. When someone loses at the head table, they move to table 6. Winners from the other tables move to say from 6 to 5, 5 to 4 and so on.
In round two would you score a two for one five rolled with a two on it or a one for one dice rolled. You also said you could continue to roll. So you keep the dice as long as you roll a number of the round. Do you keep rolling for ones until the horn sounds?
+Cindy Gordon Hi Cindy, I hope your first bunko night went well. I'm sure you found the game easy to play once you got into it. Let me know! Also some of the rules may be different. People do change it up.
Thanks for posting this it was so helpful. We are going to be playing Bunco at my baby shower because I think it will be a great way for everyone to socialize and I'm not a fan of the baby games. If we have 32 people and 8 tables how would we rotate? Would it be easier to have two separate games of 16 people?
Great explanation. One question... Does the person with the most buncos get eliminated from the most win category (sometimes most buncos player also has most wins)? That would seem the most fair.
if there is a tie in bunco and they decide to roll off, will the person who lost still be up for highest score? or does that eliminate them from just most buncos and then will it go down the line for the next person?
I printed your score sheet, I am confused about the scoring. Are we suppossed to have a number score for each round on our score sheet or just a "w" or an "L." My second question is about circling the letter B for a Bunco. What do you do if you get more than 1 Bunco? Do you circle the letter u? During the rounds and one person is keeping the score, are they just making hash marks for each correct dice roll? I guess I need to see a used score card and score sheet. Thank you for your help. Donna
When you roll a bunko you get 21 points for that and you keep rolling as long as you are not at the head table. Remember, the head table stops play when a team scores 21 or more points.
I guess I should explain. During this stay at home time like many I have been cleaning out everything. I found a bunco pad and dice. Your video was fantastic although confusing at first but I am better once I start playing the game at remembering rules. I want my husband and I to play it but not sure how to play it. I guess it would just be rolling the dice and hope you get bunco. After watching your video maybe it would be a little boring with just us two. Any ideas?
You can give it a go with just 2 people but it's really designed for about 12 or more. But hey you could try it out for fun. Just make up the rules as you go.
+Miss Melody It's all pretty casual with my group. We just tell everyone to go sit at a table and people just match up with who ever is there. Remember, you will be changing partners all the time anyway, so who you start with doesn't really matter.
Hi RR and thanks for this video! I am helping with a fundraising "tournament." To avoid massive confusion, wouldn't the winners be able to just rotate clockwise to the next table? Also, can anyone think of the best way to tally the scores for up to 100 people? If anyone has ever done a tournament, please feel free to share your pointers and thanks!!
My question is when do you move tables. If at head table with ones , do you then change partners on 2👍s then do losers move to another table we are not sure when to move
If you are at the head table and you are rolling the dice for 1's, after you finish the 1's you tally your score and the team that is the winner, stays at the head table. Remember, table 1 controls the start and stop of the game for everyone, once one of the teams score reaches 21 points. The other team moves to table 4 (for example). Now at table 1 you will have a new partner and you will be throwing for 2's. Does that make sense? To move in general, the winners move at all tables except the head table. At the head table the losers move.
I never played keeping score. We all had bells and who ever got bunco at any table rang the bell and the game ended. There was no head table all the losers moved. I'm starting a new group up and now have to study this. LOL i'm nervous now adding score. haha
It's really pretty easy and you will get the hang of it pretty quickly! Maybe even have some of your group watch my video if you think that would help.
Thanks for the tutorial Rockin Robin! One question...during the baby bunco roll you said it was worth 5 points. Are all baby buncos worth 5 points or was it worth 5 points because you rolled all 5's? Are baby buncos of the number 4 worth 4 points?
Amanda Murillo Hi Amanda, all baby buncos are 5 points. If you throw a bunco (when you are rolling for 2's and you roll three 2's) then it's 21 points. Hope that helps! Have fun playing bunko!
From what i have learned about this...it's called a Mini Bunco which means that you rolled 3 of a kind but it's a different number than the round your playing *Example: Your playing round 1, but you roll three 5's...this is a mini bunco and is worth 5 points..It doesn't matter what number you rolled meaning it could be three 6's or three 2's...You will only get 5 points for this... so say your in round 1 and your rolling and you roll three 4's you will score 5 points for this, and keep rolling to get points in the round your in (which is round 1) so keep on rolling to get more 1's until you don't get anymore 1's...tally up the points, and give the dice to the next player...
Mieke Tankink Remember you are only a TEAM with the person you are sitting with at that one table. Every time you move you are teamed up with a new player. You always keep your own score card. When you are at a table you and your teammate each keep your own score card but only one of you keeps score for that round. You each write your team score on each of your own cards. I hope that clears this up. Feel free to ask more questions!
Every time you finish a round, you change tables. Your partner and you put your score on your scoresheets. When you change tables you get a new partner and then you will get a new score for that round. Let me know if you have more questions.
Another question. During a recent game we had a tie for most wins, one of them also had most buncos. Since you can only have one prize, how should this have been resolved. If we had a roll off for most wins, and the person with most buncos won the roll off, the other person would not have won anything since she was not in the running for most buncos.
Hi Donna, we would have given the person who had the most bunkos the prize for that category and they would not be in the running for most wins. One person cannot win two categories. Then if there is a tie with two other people with most wins they would roll off. Does that help?
If the first player at the head table immediately rolls a bunco, (other players at head table have not had a chance to roll ) do those other players at the head table get to roll ?
You can always do what ever you want. When we play and that happens, which is rare, that bunko would end the game which means the other players do not get to roll. Good question.
So if you are rolling for 1's and you get a 1 then you get 1 point but if you roll 2-1's you get 2 points? at the end of each game you and your partner have the same score?
When you are rolling for 1's you count up all the ones you roll on your turn. As long as you keep rolling 1's then you keep adding and rolling. Eventually you won't roll a 1 and then it's the next persons turn to roll. Then when your partner roll's you add up the 1's they roll and add it to your score. You are adding all the 1's that both of you roll. When the round is over you add up your score and you both write down the total on each of your score cards, so yes you both get the same score.
Hi Christine. Yes both team members get the same score. However, if one of the team mates rolls a bunko, while both get the 21 points, only the person who rolled the bunko gets to circle the "B" on their score sheet. Hope that helps.
HI, ROBIN! I'M A "NEWBE" PLAYER AND WOULD LIKE A SCORE SHEET TO COPY. OUR CHURCH GROUP OF WOMEN INVITED ME TO PLAY AT THEIR MONTHLTY MEETING AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW SOME KIND OF ABILITY, ETC. THIS SOUNDS LIKE FUN TO ME!
You said only 1 person on a team keeps score. But what happens when they change tables and have a different partner?Doesn't each person have to keep his own score sheet no matter what partner he has???
Hi JoAnn, each person has their own score sheet. After each game you get a new partner. You decide each time which one of you will keep the score for both of you. At the end of that round (when you are done rolling for 2's let's say), you each write in the same score for that round. Let me know if you have anymore questions. I'm happy to help!
+Thrifty Treasures I hope your bunko night went well. You will probably tell me that it was quite easy to play once you got stated. Glad the video helped you out.
+Judy Daddona Hi Judy, the head table controls the length of a round. The first team at the head table who gets to 21 points first wins the round signaling the end of the round. Let me know if you have any more questions!
The highest $ prize goes to the most wins, they were tied for most wins. One person with most wins also had most buncos. If the one with the most buncos won the roll off for most wins, the other would have won nothing. Most buncos is the 2nd highest $. So we should have had the roll off anyway and if the double winner won the roll off, she would won most wins prize and the most buncos would have gone to the next player with the highest buncos. Is this right?
Hi Donna, when we play, the highest prize goes to most bunkos as it is hard to get and you don't tend to get many ties. I think that would make things a lot more easier on all of you. We never have a person win more than one category. We like to spread it around! It's more likely to get ties with the number of wins. I personally would recommend making the most bunkos, which is the hardest to get, be the highest prize. The next highest prize is for the highest score and the next highest prize is for most wins. Hope that helps.
