Hocus Pocus Halloween Bunco: Free Printables, Rules, and Party Ideas

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Host a Hocus Pocus Halloween bunco night with free printable score cards and table signs, easy bunco rules, and witchy snack and prize ideas your coven will love.

Hocus Pocus Halloween bunco printable table sign with a candle and dice for a witchy bunco night

Gather around, you spellcasters and potion brewers! October is the best month of the year for a themed game night, and Halloween bunco might be my favorite way to do it. Grab a few friends, some dice, and a bowl of candy, and you’ve got a night that feels festive without a ton of work.

There are endless options for fall and spooky bunco themes, but Hocus Pocus was an easy choice. It’s a cult classic, especially for us elder Millennials, and everyone knows the quotes. The classic game of bunco takes on a whole new dimension when you’re rolling under the watchful eye of the Sanderson sisters, and “amuck, amuck, amuck!” becomes a call to roll the dice.

Keep reading for the free printable set, a quick guide to the rules, and my ideas for decor, snacks, drinks, and prizes. If your group plays year-round, I also have a St. Patrick’s Day bunco night and a Rollin’ with My Peeps Easter bunco ready to go.

What you’ll love about this bunco night:

A theme everyone already gets. No explaining required. Say “Hocus Pocus” and your group is already quoting Winifred.
The printables are done for you. Score cards, a table tally sheet, and table signs cover everything you need to run the game.
It’s grown-up Halloween fun. It’s festive and a little silly, without a single scary mask or haunted house line.
Easy snacks with big personality. Give ordinary party food a Hocus Pocus name and the menu does the decorating for you.
It’s free. Signing up gets you this set and the password to my entire free printable library.

What’s in the Hocus Pocus Bunco Printables

The set includes everything you need to host a witchy bunco night:

Score cards for each player to track wins, losses, and buncos through the night
A table tally sheet so each table can keep score for every round
Table signs so everyone knows which table is the head table and where to move after each round

Hocus Pocus Halloween bunco printables set with score cards, table tally sheet, and table signs

Print one score card per player and one tally sheet for each table, and you’re ready to play. If you want to go all in on the witchy decor, pair the set with my free printable Halloween signs for the snack table and front door.

How to Play Bunco

Bunco is a simple dice game that’s perfect for neighborhood and friend groups. A lot of groups play monthly and rotate hosts and themes. It’s easy to learn, and after one round everyone’s got it.

Setting up the tables

Players: Bunco is traditionally played with 12 people at three tables of four. Each table has two teams of two, and your partner is the person sitting across from you.
The pot: We collect $5 from each player. Some groups collect $10. The money goes toward prizes at the end of the night.
Supplies: Three dice per table, a score card for each player, a tally sheet for each table, and a bell for the head table.

Playing a round

There are six rounds per game, one for each number on the dice. In round one, you’re rolling for 1s. In round two, 2s, and so on.
Players take turns rolling three dice. You get one point for every die that matches the round’s number, and you keep rolling until you don’t score.
The head table (table 1) controls the pace. When a team at the head table reaches 21 points, they ring the bell and the round ends at every table.

Special scoring

Bunco (21 points): Three of a kind of the round’s number. If you’re on 4s and roll three 4s, yell “Bunco!”
Mini bunco (5 points): Three of a kind of any other number.
Traveling prize: The host picks a traveling number from 1 to 6. Roll three of that number and you get to hold the traveling prize (a fuzzy die, a mini trophy, or for this theme, a tiny cauldron) until someone else steals it.

Switching tables

After each round, it’s “winners walk, losers stay,” except at the head table. The winners at the head table stay put and the losers move down to table 3. Winners at table 3 move up to table 2, and winners at table 2 move up to the head table. Everyone at a table then switches seats so they have a new partner for the next round.

Bunco is a ton of fun and a great way to see your friends every month. If you’re starting your own group, these printables are an easy way to kick it off.

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Witchy decor that doesn’t take all day

You don’t need a full haunted house for bunco night. The game tables are the star, so keep decor where people actually look. A few candles (battery ones are safer around a lot of elbows), a black tablecloth, and a bowl of candy corn on each table go a long way. A stack of old books makes an easy stand-in for Winifred’s spell book, and a small cauldron works as the dice cup or the traveling prize holder.

Snacks with Hocus Pocus names

Themed food names are my favorite party trick. Simply give your snacks a Hocus Pocus name, and a regular grocery store spread turns into a spell book menu. A few ideas to get you started:

Pigs in a blanket: Dead Man’s Toes
Popcorn or snack mix: Amuck Amuck Mix
Black licorice or chocolate candy: Binx’s Bites
Deviled eggs: Newt Eyes
Cupcakes with an orange candle on top: Black Flame Cupcakes
Charcuterie board: The Sanderson Spread

Keep the food easy to eat with one hand, since everyone’s holding dice (or a drink) with the other.

A potion bar for your coven

Set out one big-batch drink so no one’s playing bartender all night. A punch bowl with a splash of green or purple becomes “Life Potion” with a quick label. For a grown-up twist, my Halloween mini wine and champagne bottle labels make a cute favor, and the fall sangria from my Ghouls Night Halloween party is a crowd-pleaser.

Bunco prize ideas for your coven

Split the pot among a few prize categories so more people go home a winner:

Last bunco of the night
Most buncos
Most wins
Most losses (the consolation prize is always a hit)
Traveling prize for whoever is holding it at the end of the night

Cash is classic, but themed prizes are also fun to open. Think fuzzy socks, a Halloween candle, a bag of full-size candy bars, or a Hocus Pocus mug.

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Free Hocus Pocus Halloween Bunco Printables

The Hocus Pocus Halloween Bunco set includes everything you need to host:

Decor signs
Scoring Cards
Table Tally Sheet
Table Signs

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Halloween Bunco FAQ

Twelve players at three tables is traditional, but you can play with 8 (two tables) or even 4. The rules stay the same. With a smaller group, just skip the table moves or rotate partners each round.

Three dice per table, a bell for the head table, score cards for each player, a tally sheet for each table, and table signs. The free printables in this post cover all the paper.

Most groups play for about two hours, with a break for snacks halfway through. Some groups play one game of six rounds, and others play up to four games in a night.

Split the pot among categories like most buncos, most wins, most losses, and the traveling prize. Themed prizes like fuzzy socks, candles, or full-size candy bars are more fun than cash.

Absolutely. Save the file to your phone or a USB drive, or upload online, and ask for prints on white cardstock.

As you gather your coven, remember: “It’s a full moon tonight. That’s when all the weirdos are out.” Let’s roll, witches, and have some fun!