Evening Tide is a 40 player weekend LARP set in May 1916 and taking place in a Pembrokeshire seaside hotel in May 2016, a century to the day after the events of the story. Players will stay at the hotel, and from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon immerse themselves in a complex tale of romance, intrigue, myth and mystery.
The Game
Themes
This is a costume drama set in the First World War; just two weeks ago the British suppressed a treasonous Nationalist rising in Dublin, and across the sea from Pembrokeshire reprisals and justice are being conducted. Here in sleepy Fishguard a seaplane unit guard the Irish Sea against German shipping and U boats, and a handful of determined holidaymakers still escape for a few days respite . In Flanders the men folks are locked in a titanic struggle with the Hun; here in sleepy Wales only the death of a young women, quite mad according to some, awakes ancient passions and sleeping secrets.
This is not an HP Lovecraft or Cthulhu game; though it has occult themes,it draws from Welsh legend, Arthur Machen, Hermeticism, Theosophy and the Celtic Twilight as well as psychical research and real life "supernatural" folklore, and literary influences such as John Masefield and (in particular) Alan Garner.
This game is very much a work of fiction, though it refers to and is set in the real world.
Dates
Friday 13th May to Sunday 15th 2016. Players will want to book the hotel for Friday & Saturday Night, though you can just come on the Saturday as long as we know before casting you!
A theatre style roleplay game for forty players
