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{{Short description|Board game}}
{{redirect|By Hook or Crook||By hook or by crook (disambiguation)}}
{{For|the Soviet novel by Alexander Belyayev|Hoity Toity (novel)}}
{{Infobox Game|
  image=Adel verpflichtet 048.jpg|
  subject_name=''Hoity Toity'' |
  designer= [[Klaus Teuber]] |
  publisher= [[Überplay]] |
  players=2 to 6 |
  ages=12 years and up |
  setup_time=approx. 5 minutes |
  playing_time=> 45 minutes |
  random_chance= [[Shuffling|Card shuffling]] |
  skills=[[Bluff (poker)|Bluffing]]|
  footnotes =
}}
'''''Hoity Toity''''' ({{langx|de|'''Adel Verpflichtet'''}}, {{IPA|de|ˈaːdl̩ fɛɐ̯ˈp͡flɪçtət|pron}}, {{literally|[[Noblesse oblige]]}}) is a [[board game]] created by [[Klaus Teuber]] in 1990. 

==Publication history==
German game designer Klaus Teuber created ''Adel Verpflichtet'' in 1990, and it was published in Germany by [[F.X. Schmid]]. It was also distributed in the United Kingdom under the name '''''Fair Means or Foul''''', and in the United States both under its German name and as '''''By Hook or Crook'''''. In 2008, [[Überplay]] re-released it in the United States using the name '''''Hoity Toity'''''. The game won several awards.

== Gameplay ==
The players in the game represent the members of the pretentious Antique Club who collectively wager which one of them can acquire, by purchase or theft, the most expensive collection of ''objets d'art'' in one day. Each member has at their disposal a detective and two thieves.<ref name=gi /> 

During each turn, each player must choose to either go to the auction house or go to the castle.<ref name=gi /> 

If a player goes to the auction house, the player can either bid on an item in a secret bid process, or send a thief. If only one thief is sent, the thief steals all the cash that was used for bidding. If more than one player sends a thief, then neither is able to steal the cash and the auction proceeds. The auctioned item then goes to the highest bidder.<ref name=gi /> 

If a player goes to the castle, the player has three options: exhibit the items collected thus far, which will enable the player to move around the board further towards the end; send a thief to steal something; or send the detective to arrest any thief who is present.<ref name=gi /> 

The player who completes a circuit of the board and arrives back in the club first is the winner.<ref name=gi />

==Reception==
In the July 1990 edition of ''[[Games International]]'', ''Adel Verpflichtet'' was featured as "Game of the Month". Brian Walker admired the components, calling them "absolutely top class: beautiful artwork, top quality card stock, and a first class board." He also lauded the element of bluff in the game, saying, "Like so many great games, you must know your opponents, for it is against them you are competing, not the game itself." He also called the movement system "both extremely clever ''and'' original." He concluded by giving the game a perfect rating of 10 out of 10, saying, "Believe me, this is a great game in every respect."<ref name=gi>{{cite magazine| date=July 1990 |last=Walker|first=Brian|title=Role Games|journal=[[Games International]]| issue=16|pages=6}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*''[[Casus Belli (magazine)|Casus Belli]]'' #68<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/casus-belli-068|title=Casus Belli #068|date=April 12, 1992|accessdate=April 12, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
*''Family Games: The 100 Best''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse|title=Family games : the 100 best|date=April 12, 2010|publisher=Seattle, Wash. : Green Ronin|accessdate=April 12, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1990 [[Spiel des Jahres]]<ref>{{cite web  | url =https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spiel-des-jahres-1990-adel-verpflichtet-von-klaus-teuber | title =Spiel des Jahres 1990: Adel verpflichtet von Klaus Teuber | last =Corts | first =Jochen | date =June 2015 | website =spiel-des-jarhes.de | access-date =2020-10-24 | language = de}}</ref>
* 1990 [[Deutscher Spiele Preis]]<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.spiel-messe.com/de/deutscher-spielepreis/preistraeger/ | title =Presiträger | website =spiel-messe.com | access-date =2020-10-24 | language =de | archive-date =2020-11-03 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20201103224339/https://www.spiel-messe.com/de/deutscher-spielepreis/preistraeger/ | url-status =dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* Überplay's [https://archive.today/20060520230603/http://uberplay.com/games/hoitytoity/ ''Hoity Toity'' homepage]
* {{bgg|120|''Hoity Toity''}}
* [http://www.spielbyweb.com/ SpielByWeb] : a play-by-web site offering several games including Hoity Toity / Adel Verpflichtet

{{Deutscher Spiele Preis winners}}
{{Spiel des Jahres}}

[[Category:Board games introduced in 1990]]
[[Category:Auction board games]]
[[Category:Economic simulation board games]]
[[Category:German games]]
[[Category:Spiel des Jahres winners]]
[[Category:Deutscher Spiele Preis winners]]
[[Category:Klaus Teuber games]]