You have been cordially invited....
"There are such beings in the world — perhaps one in a thousand — as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county."
Letters of Jane Austen
Pride without Prejudice is a freeform LARP set around the last ball of the season in 1812. It will be an evening of dancing, gaming, conversation and increasingly desperate social climbing, as each family struggles to find suitable marriage alliances before the night ends.
The intention of the game is to give all players the experience of being Lizzie Bennett, seeking a match to secure their future, or Mrs Bennett, desperately trying to marry her daughters off to a suitable partner.
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The twist is that not only daughters who desperately need to marry. Pride without prejudice is set in an alternative history, where there is no discrimination on basis of race, gender, sexuality or religion. Especially, there is no assumption that marriage occurs only between a man and a woman - this is a world where Mr Darcy elopes with Mr Wickham, and Elizabeth Bennet evades Mr Collins by proposing to Charlotte Lucas instead.