LarpCon UK

09/09/2026

LarpCon exhibitor (when Ukraine hasn't been invaded), if you can help them, please do. 🙂

26/06/2026

03/06/2026

It feels like a long time ago now but back when COVID lockdown prevented in person events for 14 months, the last Larp event to take place was LarpCon 2020, the next large scale Larp event to take place was the special outdoor LarpCons we ran in 2021. We realised that the larp community wanted to meet in person and larp suppliers really needed to sell some stock and earn some money.
Heady days of taking everyone's temperature, ensuring social distancing with collapsible tip spears and having a lunch hour!
The events were great but we're not missing the COVID!

19/04/2026

Whilst our next event is the LarpCon Kit Fair in November this year, its theme is "Larp Kit Fair". We're still thinking about LarpCon 2027 (LarpCon 2027 - As You Wish...). 🙂

Today, we've been discussing amongst ourselves who would star in a remake of The Princess Bride.

The main roles:

Westley
Inigo Montoya
Prince Humperdinck
Count Rugen
Vizzini
Fezzik
The Grandson (unnamed in the film, "Billy" in the book)
The Grandfather (doesn't have a name in either)
Buttercup
The Impressive Clergyman
The Albino
Valerie
Miracle Max
King Lotharon
Queen Bella

(There's probably others that we've missed too)

Some of the actors who were originally cast in 1987 have either passed away or are a bit too old for their characters now. However,

Vizzini (Wallace Shawn)
Miracle Max (Billy Crystal)
The Albino (Mel Smith)

At least, could probably slot straight back in as their original roles.
(Fred Savage as the Grandson might be a bit odd as he's 49 now... 😄 )
But who would you cast in the roles for a remake?

Some of the roles could be taken by any good actor (possibly ones that can sword fight a bit) but Andre the Giants role as Fezzik kinda requires a big, strong looking actor so maybe Kristian Nairn or Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (glad I could copy and paste that name!), who played "Hodor" and "The Mountain" respectively in Game of Thrones, could be good choices.
Eric Idle could make a fabulous Impressive Clergyman (though he might start singing or talking about Spamalot... 😉 ).

Who do you reckon? Stick your suggestions in the comments. 🙂

17/04/2026

We've a bunch of bookings already for the Larpcon November Kit Fair. if you traded at LarpCon in March, we emailed you a booking application form. If it's not arrived with you and isn't in your spam folder, send us a message here or email us at [email protected] and we can send one out to you. 🙂