Reiner Knizia's High Society

High Society is a card-based auction game of great deals and careful brinkmanship based on the tabletop eurogame by Reiner Knizia.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Games	$2.99	Skotos Tech	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Reiner Knizia's High Society Screenshot on iOS

Every player starts the game with the same amount of money to spend on luxuries and recognitions, but whoever spends the most money loses, no matter what they collected!

High Society is based on the same very successful MobileEuroCard gaming engine that was used in Reiner Knizia's Money, also produced by RPGnet. Simple gestures allow you to examine your own hand and the bids of your opponents. Everything is animated, for a colorful play experience.

Additionally, four different AIs, each with their own personality, help make every game unique. You can slowly discover the AIs' strategies to improve your chances of winning.

High Society is the second release in RPGnet's MobileEuroCard series. Once you know how to play one game, you'll understand the interface of all of them!

NOTE: This version of High Society uses Game Center for Leaderboards and Achievements, but does NOT yet include multiplayer play.

Reviews

Crashes
Glenn from VA

Can't play it because it crashes on startup, even after a power down/up sequence....

Crashes on start up!
CerealMonogamist

Very disapointed this app didn't work after rebooting. Crashes on the very first screen using iPhone 3GS 3.1.3. Hope the dev addresses this issue quickly so I can update with a true app review. Until there is a update to fix the start up crash I reccomend you DO NOT BUY v1.0 - wait for the fix.

Crashes on startup screen
K F N

Crashes on startup screen, until that is fixed 1 star and don't buy is recommend.

Good game that needs multiplayer options. Will be better with updates
mtstrecker

I don't have any of the issues with crashing. CONS: The AI seems too difficult, even on easy. I'm familiar with the tabletop game and I've lost about 10 games in a row now. It seems like the other players are conspiring against me. They'll force my bid on a x2 multiplier up to $15 or $16, and the very next card will be another multiplier and it'll be bought for $3. That would never happen in a game with real players. Also, the thief card seems to be broken. In the tabletop version, it will steal your lowest valued treasure. I had the 10 treasure and the 1 treasure and it took the 10! It should have taken the 1. Finally, the game needs to allow for multiple human opponents. I bought this for my Ipad, and I'd love to be able to play it with others. Online games would be nice too. PROS: The graphic interface is great. Very intuitive, very elegant and easy to use. High Society is one Knizia's best card games. It's simple, easy-to-learn, and has lots of replay value. CONCLUSION: Fun app. Probably has about 2-3 hours of fun in it. If it added mulitplayer capability, I would be playing this for several hours a week for quite awhile.

AI is not too hard
Michael Tiller

I downloaded this game because I really enjoyed "Money!" (by the same guys). One of the reviews concerned me because it said that even on easy, the AI was difficult. Well, I had never played this game before (in any form) and still managed to win my first game so it can't be too bad. I suspect it may just be the difference in play style between a computer and people that threw the other reviewer off.

Crashes on Startup
Ernie1982

I have a first gen ipod touch and the game crashes at the startup screen. Hopefully the developers can get this sorted out.

Would like to play
Wozenilek

I would like to play this game. HS is a great board game. Mine crashes on startup also. Just see the start screen and then bang back to the Ipod Touch base screen. Very frustrating......when are they going to update this with a patch?

excellent implementation
mrbass.org

You need to hold down your Score to see other players scores and keep track of how many red bordered cards have been auctioned off. Wish you could play against other human players but hey for $3 it gives you a taste of how great this app is. Here is quick rules. - You bid on cards 1 through 10 and must bid at least $1 higher than previous bid. Highest bid wins card..others recoup their bids. - When bidding you can only append to your bid. - 3 misfortune cards (-5, 1/2 and thief which steals your lowest card or next card if don't have any currently) - When bidding on misfortune cards everyone loses whatever they've bid. First to pass takes card. - Game ends on fifth red bordered card (-5, 2X, 2X, 2X cards). - At end of game if you have lowest money amongst all players you can not win no matter your score. - Other players see who amongst them has highest fame points and wins. Tie breaker is decided on highest fame card. edit: I just play on iPad so never experienced crashes. Hopefully new update fixes it. I've seen a few times THIEF card taking HIGHEST luxury card when in fact it is supposed to take the LOWEST. For example an AI had 2,4,8,2X in his hand. He passed on thief and it took his 8 card. Definitely a major bug there. Other than that though works great. Still want hotseat support my number 1 request.

Great Translation to the iPhone
bp26599

I have this card game and was looking forward to this app so I could play it whenever. I have not had any problems with it and found the AI quite challenging. Would certainly recommend this to any who like the game or are a fan of Reiner Knizia games. Great job and keep making more. I will certainly buy them.