
High Society | Card Game | Ages 10+ | 3-5 Players | 20 Minutes Playing Time
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- A new edition of Reiner Knizia's classic auction game, where players must out-bid each other to gain their rightful place within high society.
- In Reiner Knizia's classic auction game, players must bid against each other for life's luxuries, using their vast wealth to acquire symbols of status.
- As the quintessential bon vivant you must spare no expense following the latest trend and surrounding yourself with the fineries of life that you justly deserve.
- But beware of over-indulging, for the player at the end of game with the least money cannot possibly be considered a member of high society.
- This new edition of High Society features 16 stunning Art Nouveau-inspired illustrations by Medusa Dollmaker.
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Product Dimensions | 13.08 x 2.67 x 16.26 cm; 249.48 g |
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Manufacturer recommended age | 10 years and up |
Item model number | OSP7777 |
Educational Objective(s) | Numeracy & Spacial Awareness |
Language: | English |
Number of Game Players | 3-5 |
Assembly Required | No |
Batteries Required? | No |
Batteries included? | No |
Material Type(s) | Cardstock |
Colour | Multi-coloured |
Release date | 22 May 2018 |
ASIN | 1472827775 |
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Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | 36,926 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) 1,211 in Card Games (Toys & Games) |
Date First Available | 25 Aug. 2017 |
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Osprey Games | High Society | Card Game | Ages 10+ | 3-5 Players | 20 Minutes Playing Time
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Bid against your opponents for life's luxuries - assert your status, impress your peers, and avoid scandal at every turn.
But beware over-indulging, for the player at the end of game with the least money cannot be considered a member of high society...
This new edition of Reiner Knizia's classic auction game features stunning illustrations by Medusa Dollmaker.

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Customers find this card game fun to play, with one mentioning it's a favorite at their board game club. Moreover, the game is easy to learn, with one customer noting its clever mechanics, and customers appreciate its fantastic artwork and quick playtime. Additionally, they value the interesting decisions and bidding mechanics, and find it highly replayable, with one noting it can be played multiple times without getting boring.
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Customers find the card game enjoyable, with one mentioning it's a favorite at their board game club and another noting it's great for travel.
"...Great fun and very social (unless you are super competitive!!!). Highly, highly recommended." Read more
"Fun game, relatively limited replayability in a single session (no more than 3-4 rounds) but you can get it out relatively frequently and have fun" Read more
"This is one of my favourite games I discovered recently by accident - quick to learn, easy to play with a beautiful aesthetic!..." Read more
"Great little travel card game for 3 or more players, highly recommend for anyone that plays modern board games (or is prepared to try them out)" Read more
Customers find the card game easy to learn, with one customer highlighting its clever mechanics and another noting the good balance of skill and strategy involved.
"This is a great game with clever but very simple rules and pretty quick to play...." Read more
"High Society is an easy game to introduce having a simple bidding mechanic but with unique twists...." Read more
"...favourite games I discovered recently by accident - quick to learn, easy to play with a beautiful aesthetic! Perfect fun for a group or just 1:1...." Read more
"This is a great little auction game. Easy to teach but with a good deal of skill and strategy involved...." Read more
Customers appreciate the artwork of the game, describing it as fantastic and stylish, with one customer noting it's a great production from Osprey Games.
"This is a great game with clever but very simple rules and pretty quick to play...." Read more
"...Fantastic artwork and card quality add to a great production from Osprey Games. This is an older Reiner Knizia game which has stood the test of time...." Read more
"...recently by accident - quick to learn, easy to play with a beautiful aesthetic! Perfect fun for a group or just 1:1...." Read more
"We loved this game the first few times we played it and the cards are beautifully designed ... but there isn't enough variety to stop it getting..." Read more
Customers find this card game to be a good time-filler that is quick to play.
"This is a great game with clever but very simple rules and pretty quick to play...." Read more
"This is a very short game, with interesting decisions. You bid to get the cards you want, but also bid to not take negative cards!..." Read more
"A nice game. It is a good time-filler with easy gameplay. It does have replayability and a good competitive aspect." Read more
"Lovely game, really great art. The game is fun and quick, with some interesting decisions. Plays best with 4 or 5 players" Read more
Customers find the card game engaging, with interesting decisions to make during play.
"...if you're going to be overcommitting for garbage cards but it's certainly interesting, first time around I managed to amass the most stuff but also..." Read more
"This is a very short game, with interesting decisions. You bid to get the cards you want, but also bid to not take negative cards!..." Read more
"...The game is fun and quick, with some interesting decisions. Plays best with 4 or 5 players" Read more
"Great game, makes you think! Lovely illustrations!!" Read more
Customers find the card game to be a great bidding game that offers good value for money.
"...a constant tension between buying the points you need but not spending too much, while also trying to prevent other players from getting points too..." Read more
"Really great bidding game with gorgeous artwork...." Read more
"Really enjoy this game - takes a bit of explanation, but totally worth it. The art work on the cards is also really beautiful, which is a bonus." Read more
"Very interesthing." Read more
Customers find the card game highly replayable, with one mentioning it can be played multiple times without getting boring.
"...Game takes about 10 mins to play but can be played multiple times without getting boring...." Read more
"...It is a good time-filler with easy gameplay. It does have replayability and a good competitive aspect." Read more
"Fabulous game - simple but clever mechanics and highly replayable..." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2025This is a great game with clever but very simple rules and pretty quick to play. Your aim is to try to use your limited money (all players start with the same amount of money) to buy ‘prestige’ and avoid scandal! At the end of the game, before adding up points, the player with the least amount of money is immediately eliminated, which is an excellent and clever mechanic that really adds strategy. Beware, though! This game requires cunning and a lot of stitching up of other players!! Great fun and very social (unless you are super competitive!!!). Highly, highly recommended.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2020High Society is an easy game to introduce having a simple bidding mechanic but with unique twists. Large cards with different values are revealed representing aspects of 'high society' such as 'au de parfum' and 'joie de vivre'. Players bid for these points with identical sets of money cards of various values, and can continue to add to their bid until all but one have dropped out. The winning bidder pays their money to the bank and takes the card but all others can return their money to their hands.
The twists are that players cannot swap the money bid, only adding to the cards laid down. So deciding which values to lay down and when is a tactical part of the game. Also there are penalty cards like 'faux pas'. These are bid for but go to the first player to withdraw from the auction. All other players pay the money bid and the 'winning' bidder gets to retain their bid. Finally another major twist is that the player with the lowest amount of money left at the end of the game is eliminated; even if they have the most points they are not considered a member of high society as they are not wealthy enough! So points and money have to be balanced.
There are powerful bonus cards that can double a player's score. Four of the bonus/penalty cards have dark borders and when the fourth of these is revealed the game ends immediately, giving the game a random duration.
Fantastic artwork and card quality add to a great production from Osprey Games. This is an older Reiner Knizia game which has stood the test of time. He's arguably the master of using auction mechanics in games.
One caveat is that auction games are difficult to judge on first play as players won't fully understand the value of what they are bidding for. For example, in our first game one player spent way too much money and another player ended up with a negative score. There was one clear winner out of four players but expect subsequent games to be much tighter. Some people might find the idea of auction games to be a bit dry but High Society has enough theme, choices and tension to remain very interesting.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2025Fun game, relatively limited replayability in a single session (no more than 3-4 rounds) but you can get it out relatively frequently and have fun
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2024You have to play this a few times to get the feel of the value of the cards and what you need to win.
We played as a group of 4 and really enjoyed it.
It's a small box so a good one for camping, taking to the pub etc.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2021This is one of my favourite games I discovered recently by accident - quick to learn, easy to play with a beautiful aesthetic! Perfect fun for a group or just 1:1. Best of all, it’s a great size for travelling. Buy buy buy!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2019This is a great little auction game. Easy to teach but with a good deal of skill and strategy involved. I own 50+ board games and this has been played more than any other as it works well with casual and hardcore gamers alike. Most people I have played it with have loved it and quite a few have gone on to buy their own copy.
The best bit is the twist - that the player with the least money at the end of the game instantly loses, regardless of how well they have done with the bidding. This keeps a constant tension between buying the points you need but not spending too much, while also trying to prevent other players from getting points too cheaply.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2024Great little travel card game for 3 or more players, highly recommend for anyone that plays modern board games (or is prepared to try them out)
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2024We loved this game the first few times we played it and the cards are beautifully designed ... but there isn't enough variety to stop it getting stale quite quickly. You basically auction for the most points... it's that simple.
One thing we found spiced it up was randomly giving the money out after a Shuffle and saying the poorest at the end of the game couldn't win. That way you don't know how much each player starts with or how much you should spend!
Top reviews from other countries
- Saumil ShahReviewed in India on 14 September 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Good game - nice social filler
It’s a good game to play between two long board game sessions. I liked how the game is designed and the game play is pretty smooth too.
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山崎Reviewed in Japan on 24 April 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars 競りゲーム
ルールも複雑でなく簡単な競りゲームとしてとても面白かったです
- Hugo CruzReviewed in Australia on 4 December 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and fun auction bidding game
Really easy to explain, can get really tense and as it finish as soon as a 4th green card appears, you never know when is going to end. The twist of the poorest player gets immediately disqualified even if it has the more points id brilliant too. Plays fast and as it's extremely easy to set up you can play a few rounds in a row
- RentryReviewed in Italy on 20 November 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Back to Knizia
Great knizia auction game with nice art and clever mechanics
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Le Breton VolantReviewed in France on 24 July 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Tout ce que j'aime dans un jeu simple et addictif
Tout ce que j’aime dans un jeu type seconde partie de soirée : règle qui s’explique en moins de 5 minutes. Un jeu dynamique et rapide (une partie fait moins d’un quart d’heure). Meilleure configuration pour jouer : 4 ou 5 joueurs.
Le but ? Acquérir au meilleur prix les points « Luxe » et « prestige » (le meilleur enchérisseur prend la carte au prix de sa mise) essayer d’éviter les cartes « disgrâce » (le premier joueur qui ne peut/veut surenchérir récupère la carte disgrâce avec sa mise tandis que tous les autres perdent leur mise). Le jeu s’arrête brutalement à la 4e carte verte dévoilée ce qui peut empêcher celui qui attendait une autre carte de gagner. Attention, à la fin du jeu, avant même de regarder les points « luxe », on élimine le joueur le plus pauvre ! Il faut donc garder suffisamment d’argent !
C’est une version hyper rapide de « Art moderne » (du même auteur) qui marche bien avec des joueurs occasionnels tandis que les joueurs aguerris chercheront à lire les stratégies de leurs adversaires et à compter les cartes restantes !
Attention, boites et règle en anglais (5 pages), cartes en français (ambiance des années 30).
Note pour finir la comparaison : "Art Moderne" est bien plus long (60-80 minutes) mais marche encore mieux que "High Society" si les joueurs jouent bien le jeu d'acteur lors de la vente aux enchères pour écouler leurs toiles. "High Society" plus facile à mettre en place.