Larp on Film
LARP goes big and goes public, the Darkon documentary, College of Wizardry and destination larps in real castles, and the wholesome viral foam-battle clips that made the world go "wait, that looks fun."
Part of LARP
47 moments in this segment.
- - "Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!" (the classic clip). The most-quoted larp clip ever, the foam-spell chant that became a meme.
- - A fantasy LARP gathering. Costumed players at a fantasy larp, the immersive worlds that draw thousands every weekend.
- - A larper in full kit. Hand-crafted armour and weapons, the craft that surrounds the hobby.
- - A larp duel (GN Avatar, France). European "grandeur nature" larp, the hobby is global, from the US to Scandinavia to France.
- - Knights of Badassdom - official trailer. Hollywood’s take on a larp gone wrong.
- - LARP character Saga is getting married. Another in-character wedding, story emerging from play.
- - Knights of Badassdom - trailer. The 2013 comedy-horror film (Peter Dinklage) that put larp on the big screen.
- - College of Wizardry - documentary. A Harry-Potter-style larp run in an actual Polish castle, the destination-larp era arrives.
- - College of Wizardry - 20-minute film. Inside the castle larp that went viral worldwide.
- - LARP: an introduction (Channel 4). Channel 4’s warm look at live-action role-play as a hobby.
- - Fairweather Manor - short documentary. A Downton-Abbey-style larp, the form keeps expanding.
- - Dark LARP vlog: the king’s wedding & a fist-fight. A 2016 immersive-LARP vlog.
- - Darkon - interview with Danny. Why a regular guy becomes a fantasy-realm general on weekends.
- - Darkon - trailer. The trailer for the doc that introduced mainstream audiences to LARP.
- - What is LARPing? (Insider). A mainstream explainer of the hobby.
- - Bicolline 2019 - Monday’s battle. Hundreds clashing at Bicolline.
- - 10 facts about Bicolline - Canada’s biggest LARP. A primer on the famous Québec LARP site.
- - Larp checklist for a fantasy adventurer. What to pack for a larp.
- - Create a LARP costume - Level One. A beginner costume build.
- - "Healing Monk contaminates crime scene with glitter". A wholesome viral LARP-healer clip.
- - "This guy is unreal" (larp costume). The craftsmanship that makes a larp character believable.
- - Fayhaven LARP - our new event!. Launching a fresh LARP campaign.
- - Join the world’s largest LARP - ConQuest of Mythodea 2024. Burgschneider’s 2024 Mythodea feature.
- - Fantasy fit-check at Bicolline. A costume fit-check at the big Québec larp.
- - Bicolline 2023 - Thursday forest battle. A massed battle at Canada’s legendary Bicolline.
- - Darkon - LARP documentary (2006). The landmark 2006 documentary following a Baltimore fantasy-larp realm, and the man it gave a second life.
- - Setting up our tent at Drachenfest. Camp life at one of the biggest LARPs.
- - Come with me to Drachenfest. A vlog from Drachenfest, a massive open-field LARP.
- - A wedding in the League - Empire LARP Tales. An in-character wedding at the UK’s Empire LARP.
- - "Lightning Bolt! Magic Missile!". The chant lives on, larp’s most wholesome in-joke.
- - Mythodea: Jenseits der Siegel. A look at one of the largest LARPs on earth.
- - "Healing magic is terrifying in D&D". A tabletop bit that captures the LARP-healer energy.
- - Fayhaven LARP 2024. A US fantasy-LARP event recap.
- - Wasteland Weekend 2024 - official highlights. The Mad-Max post-apocalyptic LARP/festival in the Mojave.
- - "LARPing saved my life" (VICE). VICE on the genuine, life-changing side of the hobby.
- - Drip check (medieval/fantasy larp fit). A larp "drip check", showing off the costume.
- - "The biggest live-action role-play in the world!" (HR). German public TV on ConQuest of Mythodea, thousands of players.
- - What is LARP - and how do you start?. Epic Armoury’s beginner guide to getting into larp.
- - Fit check - Joan of Arc. Feeling cute, might change the tides of the Hundred Year's War later 🤪😗✌️🫣
- - Fit check! (knight / fantasy larp). A full armoured fit-check.
- - Realm of LARP - documentary. A contemporary larp community documentary.
- - "Larp larp larp" (fit). A streetwear-meets-larp fit clip.
- - "Rate the fit" - larp outfit
- - The art of the larp. A thoughtful take on what larp actually is.
- - Drachenfest US!. The North-American spin-off of the German mega-LARP.
- - "Calm lil larp" - streetwear fit. Where larp-fit and streetwear fit-check culture overlap.
- - Taobao larp finds (fit haul). Sourcing larp-able clothing from Taobao.
