The annual stocktake is finished, the website has been kept busy with new additions, and it is nearly time to load the van again.
This weekend I’ll be trading at Loch Lomond Comic Con 2026, organised by BGCP Comic Con, at Loch Lomond Shores in Balloch.
It is a full two-day event, running from 10am until 4pm on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July, with free entry across the weekend.
Comic Con on the Bonnie Banks
I have traded at events in shopping centres, leisure centres, exhibition halls and a fair number of other unusual locations over the years, but Loch Lomond Shores is difficult to beat for scenery.
The event takes over the waterfront complex, with traders, cosplay, characters and assorted pop-culture chaos surrounded by the loch and the hills. Assuming Scotland behaves itself for once, it should make for a cracking weekend.
Even if the weather decides not to cooperate, there will still be plenty to explore.
What I’m Bringing
As usual, I’ll be trying to fit far more into the van than any reasonable person would recommend.
Expect resin and metal dice sets, liquid core dice, oversized D20s, RPG miniatures, dice towers, enamel pin badges, card games, novelty ID cards and a large quantity of other tabletop loot.
There have also been several new arrivals added to the website recently, including brand-new Peanut Cats, the first Peanut Pups, and one mysterious intergalactic political candidate.
The Peanut Pups include a tiny Chihuahua in fantasy costumes, a suitably long Dachshund adventuring party, and a magnificently jowly collection of canine heroes.
The cats have not been sitting idle either, with new creative, miscellaneous and marching-band sets joining the range.
There may also be a mysterious intergalactic political candidate lurking somewhere around the miniature display. Nobody is entirely sure what the Cosmic Candidate stands for, but the cape and bin-shaped helmet suggest a strong and entirely serious platform.
A Free Family Weekend at Loch Lomond Shores
Loch Lomond Comic Con is free to attend, and there is no need to book a ticket before coming along.
Whether you are coming for the cosplay, hunting for something new for your tabletop, looking for a slightly ridiculous miniature, or just fancy combining Comic Con with a day beside Loch Lomond, come and say hello.
I’ll be there behind a stall containing an unreasonable quantity of dice.
See you at Loch Lomond Shores.