bun·co also bun·ko (bung' ko)n. pl. bun·cos, also bun·kos1. A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game.
2. A parlor game played in teams with three dice.
3. A winning throw in the above game; three of a kind of a specified number. [Probably alteration of Spanish banca, card game, from Italian banca, bank, of Germanic origin.].
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.
Bunco is a social event... It's a party... It's a blast!
16 of us get together once a month, leaving the cares and worries behind, and leaving the kids with their fathers or baby-sitters.
My beautiful sister being silly!
We fall off our diets, snacking on M&Ms, Chex-Mix, or anything else we can get our hands on. We have appetizers, 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, the builder in our community, 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.
We have only had one game so far but hopefully it will continue. It was fun and a good way to meet new homies.
My sister Jana, Her sister in-law and I all were the big WINNERS! (well 3 out of 4 winners) I never win! I was a little shocked at my Bunko skills. Beginners luck perhaps!
