Chick Bunco

There is a dice game that has been a favorite for many years. It's called Bunco. I started playing this game with 11 other women when I was living in California. We played once a month and each month the hostess would provide appetizers and snacks as well as shopping for the prizes. We always had a theme, for instance, one month might be houseplants, the next might be kitchenware. In order to do this, we paid for the next month's Bunco so the hostess could purchase all the gifts.

When I moved to the Midwest I introduced the game to my neighbors and we started out playing as couples and played for cash versus prizes because with kids in school, after school schedules and extremely busy lives, not to mention the men didn't want to play for prizes, it was just easier. We soon found the men were more interested in eating than playing, so quickly went to "females only". At that time we became known as "Chick Bunco". We've had people come and go due to moving out of state, can't commit to once a month girls night out or whatever.

We've had some pretty wild Bunco parties. The hostesses have gotten into making a themed evening through the drinks, appetizers and of course the table ware and decorations.

The group is such a success that when we have substitutes, they ask us to consider them when we have an opening. We've become really great friends, seeing our kids through school, graduating from college, getting married and now having kids. Recently, two of our members found out they are becoming grandparents. We've been playing this game for approximately 18 years. We only play nine months now instead of twelve. Instead, we have a holiday party in December and the ones that would've had July, August and December come together and plan the holiday party which includes a sit-down dinner and a gift exchange where we steal from each other, making it a loud and crazy night.


We all have our favorite dice jewelry which is our lucky charm. Here is a dice bracelet that any Bunco player would love! Get yours by going to my website.

Every Bunco group has different rules and those rules may change over time. The site I've listed comes closest to our groups rules.
For Bunco rules go to http://www.worldbunco.com