3H3? 4S2? What on earth do these mean? Simply put, they are descriptions of the different cuts of Bingo Paper.

Bingo paper is designed on master sheets carrying as many as 36 games per sheet (defined as 36 On). Depending on how the bingo manager orders them, they can be cut to nearly any shape you could imagine within those 36 games. For example, let’s say you want to give your guests a sheet with four games on it. You would order 4S2 sized sheets, which is a four-game square sheet, two across and two down. Perhaps you want three games per sheet, one on top of the other. You would order 3V1, which is a vertical three-game sheet, one across and three down. You could also order the horizontal version of that, 3H1, which is three across and one down. For something a little more complicated, take 24V4 for example. That would be a sheet with a total of 24 games set four across and six down. 24H6 would be six across and four down. Don’t get it? Don’t worry. Our customer service desk will make sure you understand what you’re ordering!

However you decide to order your cut, you may want to make sure it is divisible into your master size, because otherwise there will be something called an Off-Cut, which is what’s left after the rest has been cut according to your desired size.

So let’s say you only want a 30 On sheet of games, cut into two sets of 15, but you have to order a 36 On sheet to accomplish that. That leaves 6 games that will be cut and left to the side. These can be packed with your order, packed separately, or discarded altogether. Should you decide to keep them, however, you could find other ways to use them. For example, you could offer them to your customers as a ‘side option’—perhaps they would like the extra chance to win. You could also save them to offer to guests with a birthday that month. The possibilities are endless.

Colors and Preprint Patterns
Sure, you can order single sheets with single colors, but why not liven up the game by ordering collated Bingo? You could get a 4S2 which already gives your guests four great games, but then you could add up to 24 different colors, all with the same serial number, to give them 24 times the fun! Each color represents a different game, so you could manage them with different goals. For example, if the first game was a line, then make the second game an X, and the third game all four corners. If your guests get confused, you can put an example game up on a screen to show them the winning stroke.

If you don’t want to come up with your own ideas, you can also order pre-printed. For instance, let’s say it’s Independence Day and you want to play a patriotic game. You could order our “USA” games, a 3V1 set which hase ‘U,’ ‘S,’ and ‘A’ shapes shaded into the games themselves. If your customers fill in the letters, they win the prize! This is just one of many examples we have of pre-printed games. Check out our Bingo Paper site for more info!