Although the war never came to this part of England, it has left its scars in other ways. Continued austerity means that the ration book is always on the mind, while the photograph in the parlour of a lost child, spouse, or parent gathers dust.

Yet there is still cause to celebrate, even during these hard times. This season’s harvest has reaped unprecedented bounty, and Grankirk is putting more effort than ever into its annual village fete. These festivities have drawn much attention from those outside the village, and many strangers have been seen arriving at the Stag’s Head pub, looking to find out what’s going on.

On the village outskirts, the dense forest sits cautiously silent in the early morning fog. The valley walls throw long shadows across the village green, where the darkened grass has been kissed with faintest frost. The air bites with the icy promise of an early winter.

"Blood in the Furrows" will be a folk horror LARP set in a sleepy rural village in 1950s England. It is being designed as a one-off weekend event, and will probably feature apple-bobbing and the burning of at least one effigy.

This is a game about isolation, strange beliefs, and the evils of humanity (and beyond). The tone of the game is intended to be more like The Wicker Man (1973), than The Wicker Man (2006). The game may include the following content: ancient religious beliefs; human sacrifice; fire; violence; the lingering spectre of war, and its effects on the people  that lived through it, things lurking in the darkness; possession and/or temporary loss of agency.

Blood in the Furrows will not, under any circumstances, include any of the following content: discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, or sexual preference; sexual abuse; domestic abuse