This is a community archive. Club 1763 closed permanently on October 1, 2022 after a 19-year run. The successor venture is Decadent Desires. These pages are preserved as a historical record of the Atlanta and Southeast kink community.

The Largest Dungeon in the Southeast

For nineteen years, 1763 was the gravitational center of Atlanta's BDSM community - a private membership club known for its scale, its safety culture, and its commitment to education.

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What 1763 Was

Founded in 2003 by Atlanta dominatrix Ms. Whip, Club 1763 grew into one of the largest BDSM play spaces in the country. Located in a discreetly bland industrial-park building in Tucker, Georgia, the venue housed spanking benches, flogging racks, rope-rigging structures, and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces. The dungeon doors were flanked by torches in a castle motif.

It was a private membership club. Inside, the rules were simple: no alcohol, no cell phones. Dungeon monitors - trained volunteers with first-aid certification - kept watch over every room. The club hosted lectures, demonstrations, scene observations, and play parties. It anchored major regional conventions including DomCon Atlanta for more than a decade and the annual Frolicon.

By the late 2010s 1763 had drawn thousands of members from across Georgia and the Southeast. There was nothing comparable in the region.

Education First

Rope classes, negotiation workshops, impact-play instruction, scene-safety training. Education ran weekly, often before play parties opened.

Community-Run

Independent kink groups - Whippersnappers, Nouveau Atlanta, the Atlanta-Area Spanking Society and others - hosted munches, classes, and themed nights at 1763.

Safety Culture

Trained dungeon monitors, no alcohol, strict consent culture, and a commitment to making first-time visitors feel like they had walked into Pride.

"It's almost like the first time you go to Pride." - Ms. P, on first-time visitors to 1763

A 19-Year Timeline

2003 Ms. Whip opens 1763 in Tucker, Georgia. The name is a cryptic reference to the address.
2003-2017 1763 grows into the largest dungeon space in the Southeast and a regional anchor for BDSM education and community.
2017 The club faces a potential shutdown as Ms. Whip prepares to retire after nearly 15 years.
2018 Ms. P and fotodawg, a married couple from Atlanta's northern suburbs, take over ownership in July. They commit to keeping 1763's education-first ethos intact.
2020-2021 The pandemic forces extended closures. The community rallies through "Bondage Bonds" - donation drives that keep the club afloat.
Oct 1, 2022 1763 closes its doors. The building has been sold to a commercial printing company.
2023 A new venture, Decadent Desires, is announced by Varsler and KinkyVagabond - a couple who met at 1763 - carrying forward much of the venue's furnishings and educational mission.

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For the Atlanta Kink Community

1763 is closed, but the community it served is still here - active, growing, and building new spaces. If you came looking for the dungeon, you came looking for community. Here are some places to start.

If you're new to the scene in Atlanta

Find a munch - a casual coffee or restaurant meetup with no play, just conversation. Atlanta has several long-running munches each month.
Look for a Rope 101 or Beginner's Negotiation class. Education is the safest entry point.
Read our closure page for the full story of 1763's final months and how the community responded.

The successor venture

Most of 1763's furnishings, and a great deal of its institutional knowledge, moved with the community to Decadent Desires, founded by Varsler and KinkyVagabond in 2023. They are not us; we are an archive. But they are continuing the work.

1763 Montreal Circle · Tucker, Georgia 30084

Building sold October 2022. The address is preserved here for the historical record.