Marrying Mr. Darcy: The Pride and Prejudice Card Game
Marrying Mr. Darcy is a strategy card game for 2-6 players based on Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice.”
The game involves two groups of people from the book:
The game involves two groups of people from the book:
The Heroines
The Heroines are the unmarried female characters from Pride and Prejudice who are searching for the best possible husband. In the beginning of the game, each player will choose a Heroine which they will play for the duration of the game. Each heroine has a defining characteristic or special ability that allows for different strategies during play.
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The Suitors
The Suitors are the six potential husbands in Marrying Mr. Darcy. Each suitor has different ideas of what sort of wife they are looking for. You must meet a Suitor's requirements before he will consider proposing to you.
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Playing the Game - The Courtship Stage
The game begins with the Courtship Stage of the game. During this stage, Heroines try to earn points by building their character, while trying to make themselves desirable to their best Suitors. The Courtship Stage is played with two decks of cards:
Event Card Deck
Events from Pride and Prejudice, such as the Netherfield ball or Visiting Pemberley, instruct players on how their turn will proceed. The game will change each time you play depending on when events occur in the deck. For example if Mr. Bingley leaves for London early in the game, chances are good he will return to Netherfield and be available to marry. If he leaves near the end of the game, there could be one less suitor available to everyone.
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Sample Event Cards |
Character Card Deck
Character cards can be used in a variety of ways. As the game begins, you are most concerned with earning points and building your Heroine's character to make yourself attractive to the best suitors possible. However, as the game proceeds, you might become more concerned with making other players less attractive to suitors you are interested in, or in concealing cards to help secure your chances of a finding a good husband.
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Sample Character Cards |
Playing the Game - The Proposal Stage
When all Event Cards have been played, the Proposal Stage begins. In this stage, players will roll a dice to see which Suitor proposes to them, decide if they will marry them, and calculate their final score. The winner is the player who has the highest sum total of Character Points from the Courtship Stage, and Marriage Points earned by marrying the best Suitor.
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