The Molly House
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🏳️🌈 Why it’s here
What we found
- Queer storyline central to playNSFW
According to the game’s rulebook
“Explore queer identity, power, danger, and longing — all within the walls of a single Georgian house that offers protection… and confinement.” - Queer themes
According to the creator’s own tags on itch.io - Queer characters
According to the game’s own description
“Explore queer identity, power, danger, and longing — all within the walls of a single Georgian house that offers protection… and confinement.” - Tagged queer by its creator
According to the creator’s own tags on itch.io
“itch.io tags: lgbt, lgbtqia”
🤝 Inclusive design ⓘInclusive design is separate from a game’s queer labels. It marks games whose design is deliberately inclusive even when not queer-themed: romance or marriage mechanics with no gender constraint, character creation without a forced gender binary, gender-neutral rules language, or table safety tools. Each marker shows where we found it.
- Safety tools (X-card, lines & veils, session zero)NSFW
According to the game’s rulebook
“Player Safety Note You are both the storyteller and the audience. Be kind to yourself.”
Description
The Molly House is a solo storytelling game of secrecy, performance, and quiet resistance, set in the shadowed corners of 18th-century London. You are a molly — painted, powdered, and watched. You survive by playing the role expected of you. Draw cards. Tell your story. Decide what you show, what you hide, and what you’ll risk to be remembered. Explore queer identity, power, danger, and longing — all within the walls of a single Georgian house that offers protection… and confinement. 🕯 Requires: A deck of cards, a quiet space, and a name no one else must know. Includes: – Full 58-page PDF – Setting: The House at Rose Court – Prompt tables for every suit – Optional rules, character tools, and a quick-play mode Content note: This game explores themes of marginalisation, sex work, secrecy, and survival. Play gently.