
2025Jo Kelly, Cole Wehrle
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Molly House is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Molly House, players take the roles of the gender-defying mollies of early eighteenth century London. Throw grand masquerades and cruise back alleys while evading moralistic constables who seek to destroy your community. Be careful, there may even be informers in your midst! Players draft hands of vice cards representing the different gestures, desires, and encounters that were frowned upon by the Society for the Reformation of Manners, a citizen group that sought to stamp out any behavior it deemed deviant in late 17th and early 18th century London. These cards allow players to host festivities with the help of their fellow mollies and create joy. But, those same cards can also lead players to be arrested and to the ultimate ruin of the molly house. As players encounter the Society's enforcers, they will often have to pay bribes or may be coerced into becoming informers for the Society. Informers must try desperately to undermine the community around Mother Clap's Molly House without being discovered by their fellow mollies.
Molly House has 34 videos from 25 creators: 10 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2021 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Solo Playthrough" by Box of Delights, which runs 32 min. For a quicker teach, "How to Play Molly House | Beginner Guide & Rules Explained" by Rules & Reviews runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Zenobia Finalist: Molly House by Joseph Kelly" by Drive Thru Games. 8 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Molly House - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Arcs, Root, Pax Pamir: Second Edition and John Company: Second Edition, also by Cole Wehrle. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2024 and PAX Unplugged 2023.
8 of 25
2018Cole Wehrle
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2019Cole Wehrle
1 - 5 players45 - 120 minHeavy weight
2022Cole Wehrle
1 - 6 players90 - 240 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Molly House, players take the roles of the gender-defying mollies of early eighteenth century London. Throw grand masquerades and cruise back alleys while evading moralistic constables who seek to destroy your community. Be careful, there may even be informers in your midst! Players draft hands of vice cards representing the different gestures, desires, and encounters that were frowned upon by the Society for the Reformation of Manners, a citizen group that sought to stamp out any behavior it deemed deviant in late 17th and early 18th century London. These cards allow players to host festivities with the help of their fellow mollies and create joy. But, those same cards can also lead players to be arrested and to the ultimate ruin of the molly house. As players encounter the Society's enforcers, they will often have to pay bribes or may be coerced into becoming informers for the Society. Informers must try desperately to undermine the community around Mother Clap's Molly House without being discovered by their fellow mollies.
Designers
Jo Kelly, Cole Wehrle
Artist
Rachel Ford
Publisher
Wehrlegig Games
Categories
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