Poisoned at the Priory
Charles Bravo · Balham · 1876
“A fine house, a full household, and a story everyone has already agreed on.”
The Priory is a new house doing an impression of an old one, fresh paint and imported stone, hedged in thick enough to keep Balham on the far side of the gate. Upstairs a young husband has been taken ill and will not be coming down again. Downstairs the household waits in its good clothes and is unfailingly helpful. Every person under this roof has a version of the evening they will hand you gladly, and a second one they will not. Ask about the wine. Ask who slept where. Ask why the doctor was sent for so late.
That is as much as the file will give you. The rest arrives on the night, one piece of evidence at a time, and nobody at your table sees the whole of it until the last act.
What you get
Fully scripted evening
Every act cued, every scene set, your lines where you need them. No prep, no printing, no experience required.
Clues arrive in stages
Evidence and private dossiers drop to your guests' phones as the night unfolds, one act at a time.
You play the victim
Set the table, welcome your guests, then haunt the evening while they work out who wanted you gone.
6 to 12 players
A core cast carries the case, with flexible roles as your table grows. Latecomers can join as observers.
App-hosted
The case runs from any screen in the room. Your TV is the stage, the phones are the wings.
Charles Bravo, a young barrister, died at The Priory in Balham, south London, in April 1876, after several days of illness. An inquest found that he had been poisoned. Nobody was ever charged, and the case is disputed to this day, with no account of that evening accepted by everybody.
The game reopens the case and reaches a solution of its own. Knowing the history will not spoil your night, and history does not decide the verdict at your table. Your guests do.
These were real people and real deaths. The file is written with that in mind: we reopen the questions, not the graves.
Reopen Poisoned at the Priory.
Host it for your own table, or take the free case for a spin first and see how the evidence treats you.