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What this is
Enhance their status via ostentatious expenditure but avoid scandal and shame. While bidding, though, keep an eye on their remaining cash - at the end of the game, even though all those positive-number cards might add up to a win, the player with the least money isn't even considered for victory. In Reiner Knizia's High Society, players bid against each other to acquire the various trappings of wealth (positive-number and multiplier cards) while avoiding its pitfalls (negative number and divisor cards).
At a glance
- Players
- 3–5
- Listed play time
- 15–30 minutes
- Minimum age
- 10 and up
- First published
- 1995
- Designer
- Reiner Knizia
- Publisher
- Ravensburger
- Mechanisms
- shuffling, bidding
- Photographs
- 1
Publisher
- RavensburgerOfficial site
How players rate High Society
Every dimension is rated on its own. The left column judges the game and higher is better; the right column describes it, where neither end of the scale is the good end.
Player-count fit
How well it plays at each count. Best at 4.
- 3p6.944 ratings
- 4p7.444 ratings
- 5p7.043 ratings
Every dimension
15 measures. Some judge the game; the rest simply describe it.
How good it is
Judgements, rated out of 10. Higher is better.
- Longevity and replayability6.9/10
- Ease of teach5.4/10
- Gateway friendliness5.7/10
- Component quality5.9/10
- Table presence5.4/10
- Travel friendliness5.6/10
What it's like
Descriptions, not verdicts. Neither end is better.
- Player interactionModerate5.6SolitaireConstant
- CutthroatnessCompetitive5.1FriendlyRuthless
- Role of luckMostly skill4.0Chance-drivenPlayer-driven
- Theme integrationPresent5.5Pasted onWoven in
- Rules complexityHeavy3.5LightHeavy
- Decision complexityDemanding3.7SimpleDemanding
- Language dependencyNone1.5No textText-heavy
- Table spaceCafé two-top3.9Lap trayTwo tables
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