From the introduction:
The House of Pleasure is an interactive role-playing game scenario designed to allow 4 male and 7 female consenting players (of divers sexual preferences) an opportunity to receive sexual gratification while acting as characters in a maison de rendezvous, a home in Paris, France, during the late 1800's where various individuals could come to fulfill their secret sexual fantasies and desires in relative privacy. It is during a time that will come to be known as "La Belle Epoque" - an era when Paris overflowed with artists and writers, singers and actors, bourgeoisie and nobility, millionaires and paupers, financiers and land-owners...
The game moderator, or hostess, or however she wishes to be called will answer questions, make decisions and resolve any problems that might arise as far as the rules or game mechanics are concerned.
Although the characters have come to the maison to indulge in their sexual fantasies, they also have private agendas which each of them is hoping to fulfill. And therein lies the story...