Today I'm going to teach(!) and play #MollyHouse

The game is set in the queer community of London in the 1730s.

It's a strange animal, but it's so good at capturing the vibe of an hedonistic community under life threatening pressure.

The rules aren't overly complicated, but the devil is in the detail, as they say. And I'm the only player who had played it before. So I'm on my own 🥵 wish me luck. My husband is in and he thinks I'm a horrible game explainer. I'm stressed out already 😂

I'm looking to get at a point where I don't spend 80% of my cognitive resources on understanding and observing the rules and get to the strategic part.

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Mein erste vollständig gespielte Partie #MollyHouse

In diesem Spiel verkörpern wir queere Menschen im London des 18. Jahrhunderts (Mollies). Wir versuchen maximalen Spaß zu haben und in sogenannten Molly Houses ausschweifende Parties zu feiern, ohne die "Society for the Reformation of Manners" auf den Platz zu rufen.

Den Kern des Spiels kann man mechanisch wohl am besten als eine Art semikooperatives Poker beschreiben. In maximal 5 Wochen müssen wir dafür sorgen, dass die Community überlebt, denn nur so kann der/die Spielende mit dem meisten persönlichen Joy einen Sieg einfahren - ansonsten verlieren wir alle.

Ich hab in Woche vier die letzte Festivität mit einer Flasche Gin in einen Surprise Ball eskaliert. War lustig, hat das Spielende durch ausreichend Community Joy getriggert nur leider mir persönlich nicht viel gebracht.

Ein Major Indictment hat mich dann auch noch vom ersten auf den dritten Platz geschleudert.

War trotzdem ein sehr schöner Nachmittag! Klasse Spiel. Sehr speziell und etwas sperrig, aber sehr einzigartig
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#JoKelly #ColeWehrle #boardgames #Brettspiele @brettspiele #Queer #Historic #London

I just finished my first 3-player game of #MollyHouse (“Find joy in the queer community of 1725’s London, while not getting caught by the moral society”).

My game had a happy ending with “just” 1 person hanged and 2 tied for the joyous victory.

The possible end game variants are basically:

1. Many joyful, some hanged.
2. Most hanged, biggest traitor/bigot wins (tied jerks lose 🖕).
3. Everybody lives, but unhappily ever after.

Dark times 👀

Really enjoyed this interview with Jo Kelly designer of #MollyHouse. An unusual historical game on a seldom-covered topic (queer community in 1700s London).

It sits on my shelf unplayed, and I suspect it is right up my alley, but I think I would have difficulty finding people to play it with. I suspect the solo game is quite good so maybe I should try that!

https://talkingshelfspace.com/origin-stories-molly-house-an-interview-with-co-designer-jo-kelly/

Finally got a chance to play Molly House last night. It was fun and interesting, but it took us a round and a half to really understand it, and by then we were hopelessly doomed.

It seems very difficult to actually win without turning informer. Our game ended with me executed, and the other two tied and thus losing.

I do want to try again, but I like difficult games. Grizzled is another favorite.

#BoardGames #MollyHouse #Grizzled #QueerGames

I saw Anthony Delaney's Queer Georgians over the weekend and was excited at seeing things from popular boardgame Molly House mentioned on the cover.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692/queer-georgians-by-delaney-anthony/9781529927689

#MollyHouse #QueerGeorgians

I've won my first game of Molly House by having a good time all of the time.

#boardgames #MollyHouse