Game Overview
Strictly speaking, Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. 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. They get a point for each die that rolls the number, and if all three roll the number they score 21 points. They also score 5 points for rolling three of a kind of any other number. They get to keep rolling as long as they score one or more points with each roll. Once they fail to score 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.
Right.
Now we're going to tell you the truth...
Bunco is a social event. It's a party. It's a blast!
Twelve of us get together once a month, leaving the cares and worries behind, and leaving the kids with their fathers or baby-sitters.
We fall off our diets, snacking on M&Ms, Chex-Mix, or anything else we can get our hands on. We have appetizers, sometimes a delicious dinner, and seconds on dessert. We drink our favorite spritzer, Chardonnay, or Drink-of-the-night, and we talk.
We talk about our kids. About the neighbors. About anyone who didn't show up. About our husbands, our jobs, their jobs, TV shows, current events, and anything else that might tickle our fancy.
Oh yeah, and we play a silly, mindless dice game with wild abandon, hoping to take home a few more sheckles then we arrived with.
Now that's Bunco.
Marlene, Carrie, Rachel and Kym
The Dice Girls
Marlene was a little embarrassed...but we had to take a photo of the birthday girl!
Ines and Judy...so cute! And this salad went quick! So YUMMY!
Looking Good Girls!!!
And ... if you follow this blog for any length of time, you will come to realize that Shannon is a little crazy. This is what she was up to this month!
Come on Shannon! NO ONE can compete with Cindy!!!!
This is the young man that we will be walking for... Chandler Hudson. 
We even played a little Pin the Tail on the Donkey between games....FUN!
Elaine's daughter even joined in on the fun...BUNCO!
Shannon in her new designer shades...
Elaine hosted in February and boy did we have fun!!! We all wore our jammies and brought a Valentine themed gift to swap.
Judy having a good laugh... 
Wine glasses for Anissa...
Carrie got some chocolate...
Candles and chocolate for Kym...
Ohhhh....Anissa! Great Jammies!!!
Our February birthday girls... 
Marlene in the Bunco hat 
Judy, Shannon, Elaine and Ines
Happy Birthday Judy!
The gifts and cash we collected for the children...
