The Auction Dinner
Everyone gets $100 of fake money. Through the night the host auctions things off — first choice of dessert, a bottle of wine, a mystery prize, an anonymous secret, the next dinner invitation. People get startlingly competitive over nonsense. The bidding war is the show.
What it's for
Find out what people actually value when they have to put a number on it — even if the currency is fake.
The guest's job
Manage your $100 of fake money across every auction; save too much and you miss the things that matter.
The vote
The bidding itself is the vote — highest price wins each lot.
The reveal
The mystery lot is the closer: whatever the host hid for last, auctioned with no description.
Food & drink spine
A proper dinner the host cooks; the auction runs between courses so the pacing builds.
Conversation fuel
"What did you overbid on, and what did that tell you about yourself?"
How it flops — steer around it
Boring lots. The auction is only as good as what’s on the block; at least one item must have genuine scarcity.