High Society

Description

Players 3-5
Ages 10+
Playing Time 20 minutes
Components 55 Credit cards, 16 Oversized Status cards

Reiner Knizia's classic auction game returns in a new edition from Osprey Games Players must out-bid one another in an effort to acquire the social status they deserve, whilst avoiding scandals which will ruin their reputation. The player who achieves the highest status without going broke will be crowned the winner

About the author

Dr. Reiner Knizia is one of the world's most successful and prolific game designers. More than 600 of his games and books have been published worldwide in over 50 languages. With sales exceeding 20 million copies, he has won numerous international awards, including five German Game Prizes, two German Game of the Year Awards, the German Education Game Award, four Austrian Game Awards, the Swiss Game Award, three French Grand Prix du Jouet, the Spanish Game of the Year, the Dutch Game of the Year Award, the Danish Game of the Year Award, the Swedish Game of the Year Award, three Finnish Game of the Year Awards, the Australian Game of the Year Award, and the Japan Board Game Prize.

Before dedicating himself to the full-time development of games, he obtained a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Ulm University, and was the Operations Director of a $13 billion mortgage company based in the United Kingdom.

Currently based in Germany, he has teaching assignments at various international universities and institutions on Learning Techniques, Management, and Game Design.