Bunco Score Sheet

What is on the Bunco score sheet?

Twelve rows, six round columns and three tallies on the right. You do not type anything: tap a round and it cycles blank → W → L, which is what a hand actually does at a table with a drink in the other one.

The Bunco count has its own plus and minus, because Buncos happen mid-round and nobody wants to hunt for a pen.

How does Bunco scoring work?

Six rounds, one per number. In round three you are rolling three dice looking for threes: each three is one point, and you keep rolling as long as you score something. Roll no threes at all and the dice pass on.

Three threes in round three is a Bunco — twenty-one points, and you have to shout it. Three of anything else is a mini Bunco worth five. That is the whole scoring system, and it fits on a beer mat.

How does a Bunco round end?

The moment the head table hits twenty-one, the round is over — at every table, mid-roll if that is where you happen to be. Then the winning pair at each table moves up, the losing pair moves down, and everybody swaps partners.

That constant shuffling is why the tally is personal rather than per team: over six rounds you will have played with most of the room.

What are the three Bunco prizes?

Most wins. Most Buncos. And most losses — the booby prize, which at a good Bunco night is fought over about as hard as the first one.

The sheet marks all three as they build, which a printed grid cannot. It is also the reason the losses column is not tucked away: it is a prize category, not a record of failure.

What do you print for a whole Bunco night?

Twelve people at three tables need more than one kind of paper, and the three are not interchangeable:

Player cards travel with the person. Twelve rows, six rounds, and the three tallies down the right — this is the card that decides the prizes at the end of the night. Choose Player cards and print one page per four players.

Table sheets stay put. At a table there are four people playing as two pairs, and what matters there is the pair score in the current round — so the table sheet has two rows, not four. Three of them fit on one page, one per table.

Table markers save the same question being asked six times: which one is the head table? They print with the name upside down above the fold, so a folded marker reads the right way up from both sides of the table.

Table set prints the last two on two pages. Between them and a stack of player cards, the paper for the evening is done.

How to print a blank Bunco tally sheet

Choose Blank sheets and print one, two or three pages, on A4 or US Letter. Every sheet carries twelve rows, the six rounds, the three tally columns and the scoring underneath — enough for a whole night from one page.

Bunco scoring: questions people ask

How many people do you need for Bunco? Twelve, at three tables of four, playing as two pairs per table. The sheet is built for twelve and also does eight or four for a smaller night.

What is a Bunco worth? Twenty-one points — three dice all showing the number of the round. You have to shout Bunco to claim it, which is most of the fun.

What is a mini Bunco? Three of a kind in any number other than the round's, worth five. Three sixes in round four is a mini Bunco; in round six it would be a real one.

How does a round end? When the head table reaches twenty-one, and it ends everywhere at once — mid-roll if that is where you are. Then the winners move up a table and everybody changes partners.

What do you actually write down? A W or an L for each round, and a tick for every Bunco you rolled yourself. Points are a table matter; your card only carries the result.

What do you need to print for a Bunco night? Three things, and all three are here. A player card each — twelve rows, six rounds, the three tallies. A table sheet for each of the three tables, where the two pairs write their points per round. And a table marker so nobody has to ask which table is the head table. Choose Table set to get the last two on two pages.

Which prizes does Bunco give out? Most wins, most Buncos, and — traditionally — most losses. This sheet marks all three as you go, because the third one is the reason nobody minds a bad night.

New to hosting? How to play Bunco has the full rules and the numbers behind an evening — how long a round really runs, how often anybody shouts Bunco, and why you should decide the tie-breaker before anyone rolls.

Playing something else tonight? There are score sheets for Farkle, five-dice games, bowling and Hand and Foot here too.