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Playtesting my Pride and Prejudice game.

7/31/2013

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These are some notes that I took scoring a 6-player test of “Marrying Mr. Darcy." For this test, I actually played all 6 Heroines myself. I was checking to see if I had enough cards in the deck, how many points verses cards might be played by the end of the game, and trying out one or two cards that I hadn’t played with before. 

The game took a little over an hour (12:06-1:12 at the top of the page). In this game Georgiana managed to win by marrying Mr. Bingley, but what won her the game was that she built up a lot of points improving her character.

Poor Lizzy didn’t do very well. She took a risk and married Mr. Darcy when he appeared with an early surprise proposal (as happens in the book.) She accepted, but for less points than if she had waited to see if he would propose again later in the game. This decision probably cost her the game. 

Lydia didn’t do very well either, though she happened to elope with Mr. Wickham, who is one of Lydia’s best Suitors.  He was bribed to propose to her (thanks to a high roll of the dice), but alas, Lydia’s character was not high enough to win the game.

And dear Mary. Old Maid Mary. A bad roll of the dice with Mr. Collins and he didn’t propose. But Mary did ok as an Old Maid, adding 8 points to her score. 

Be sure to contact me for more information on my upcoming card game “Marrying Mr. Darcy." Check out our social media to help spread the word! Thanks everyone!

2 Comments
digitalsushi
9/13/2013 05:04:10 am

we could totally put these metrics into an automatic version of the game, and then play it a few thousand times to see how things end up, statistically.

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Erika Svanoe
9/13/2013 05:01:41 pm

I should probably do this in reality. I do have a pretty awesome spreadsheet where I figure out how many marriage points each possible character combination can get. It is hot.

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    Erika Svanoe

    Musician, conductor and game designer. 

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