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A Ball in Meryton
A public ball the book never wrote. Meryton prices every stranger by supper, first impressions stick, and who you dance with tells the whole room a story. Mind the first impression — everyone else is minding yours.
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Talk in your own words
Choose how you walk in
The story still happens
About this game
Choose your way in
Step inside as one of 5 characters — each with its own goal for the night. You'll choose when you start.
The New NeighbourThe MatchmakerThe ChaperoneThe Fortune HunterTen Thousand a Year
Where you can wander
The Long RoomThe Card-RoomThe Tea-RoomThe VestibuleThe Matrons' Bench
Who you'll meet
- 🌷Elizabeth Bennetthe fencing partner
- 🕴️Mr. Darcyhis good opinion, hardly ever bestowed
- 🕊️Jane Bennetthe guarded heart
- 🎩Mr. Bingleythe open door
- 👒Mrs. Bennetthe printing press
- ⚖️Charlotte Lucasthe honest observer
- 🎖️Mr. Wickhamthe best storyteller in the militia
- 🪞Caroline BingleyLondon polish, provincially detained
- 🙇Mr. Collinsrector of Hunsford, in want of a wife
- 🎀Lydia Bennetfifteen, and the loudest laugh in the room
Some of these characters — and the author — have their own AI chat personas you can talk to outside the game.
Chat with the cast anytime
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