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Bunco with 9 players

9 players make 2 tables of 4, 1 person sits out each round. The chart below runs 9 rounds; print it with a score card for each player.

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Bunco with 9 players

Bunco · 9 players · 9 rounds · 2 tables of 4, 1 person sits out each round

RoundTable 1Table 2Sits out
13 & 4 v 2 & 97 & 5 v 1 & 86
27 & 8 v 9 & 61 & 4 v 3 & 52
31 & 5 v 6 & 23 & 8 v 7 & 49
46 & 3 v 8 & 52 & 1 v 9 & 74
52 & 7 v 5 & 49 & 3 v 6 & 18
69 & 1 v 4 & 86 & 7 v 2 & 35
74 & 6 v 7 & 18 & 9 v 5 & 23
88 & 2 v 1 & 35 & 6 v 4 & 97
95 & 9 v 3 & 74 & 2 v 8 & 61

Numbers are players. Give each guest a number as they arrive; partners are joined with & and sit across from each other.

Running bunco for 9

For 9 players you will need 2 tables, 6 dice (three a table), a bell for the head table, and 3 sheets of paper for the score cards (four to a page). With 8 or 12 players nobody would sit out.

This is a mixer chart: instead of winners moving to the head table, everyone follows the chart so you play with as many different people as possible. Partners sit across. Roll for 21 as usual; when the head table calls the round, mark a win or loss and any buncos on your card and find your next seat.

Some bunco groups fill empty seats with a "ghost" instead, and the ghost's partner rolls for both. This chart rests 1 player each round instead, so every score on the night is a real one.

Each score card lists that player's table, partner and opponents for every round. Want names on them, a different number of rounds or a fresh shuffle? Open this chart in the planner.

Charts for other sizes

Other games and any number of players: card party rotation planner. Running duplicate? See the Howell and Mitchell movements.