Players - it's Warhammer Fest weekend! Plenty of incredible news from the Games Workshop crew to get through in the next few weeks and months - but what about right now? Let's get into it...

The final wave of preorders for the Idoneth Deepkin have arrived! Electric eel riders (in metal armour, hmm) and gigantic battle-sharks ahoy. 

Meanwhile, the World That Was makes a comeback with the fourth edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay! The team have outdone themselves again with an adventuring setting that's grim, sinister, and inescapably funny. Gather your band of anti-heroes: the Old World is your oyster! 

Along with the rulebook and starter set, we have the limited edition collector's book, in glorious embossed leather-effect hardback. Presented in a beautiful, magnet-sealed box, featuring gilt-edged pages, cloth bookmarks and a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. 

Meanwhile, fans of the Lovecraftian LCG can continue their spiral down into madness with the Arkham Horror: Labyrinths of Lunacy expansion. Awaken in a dim dungeon, vision blurred and muscles weak, and greet your new companions. Will you escape the mastermind's lair? Act quickly - for better or worse, you are not alone...

Terraforming Mars: Prelude is here, and it's cracking. Whatever your general thoughts around prequels in space, this expansion for the bestselling board game gives you stategies to kickstart your Corporation's endeavours on the Red Planet, giving the game as a whole a faster, more exciting pace with greatly raised stakes!

Today, players, a new feature comes to the blog. Since we've been expanding our board game sectioin week by week, we thought it'd be worth telling you a little bit about some of our favourites, new releases or not. So without further ado, here's Not Monopoly issue #1. 

Today we're looking at Scythe, a 2016 release with no fewer than 22 prestigious awards and nominations behind it. 

This is "an engine-building game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valour." It's set in a decidedly creepy alternate 1920s Eastern Europe, with a lurking sense of unease and doom. When your monstrous mechas start firing up, it's easy to see why that was. 

Some of our favourite features include the total lack of player elimination - everyone plays to the end, and has fun doing it! - and the level of control you have over your character's fate.

Luck barely comes into it except when you draw your Encounters, and you still have unprecedented input into the outcome of that Encounter. Even combat is choice-based and without random factors. 

 Not enough? Scythe also has expansions involving airships (what alternate history setting is complete without giant floating skyvessels?) and the Albion and Togawa factions - check out The Wind Gambit and Invaders From Afar for the ultimate Scythe experience! 

Chuck that on your barbie and grill it, players. Have a great week, and we'll see you soon!

Players, the sun is blazing, and here at JustPlay that means the guns are blazing too. Our fourth Warhammer 40,000 social is well underway, featuring not one but two Deathwatch armies.

That reminds me.

Codex: Deathwatch is available to pre-order! Take the fight to the galaxy's never-ending armies of Xenos with these elite space marines, featuring Primaris units for the first time. Aliens of the 41st Millennium, tremble...

While we're on the subject, here's something the Deathwatch wouldn't tolerate for a second - a massive flying war turtle?! 

Yep, the latest wave (you love it) of Idoneth Deepkin is here, and with it comes the Leviadon, an unstoppable behemoth that cares as much for the laws of gravity as the Deepkin themselves do about your pleas for mercy. Expect to see this thing all over Age of Sigmar tables from Saturday - preorder yours now! 

Dungeon dwellers and Dragon lovers, this week's pre-orders are for you too. The incredibly illuminating Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes is available to snap up now. Featuring a treasure trove of background on the wars fought throughout the D&D multiverse and rules for dozens of monsters: new demons and devils, several varieties of elves and duergar, and a vast array of other creatures from throughout the planes of existence. 

And that's not all! 

Not only does this book exist, but we have an exclusive alternate-art cover version, available to you, dear reader, at no extra cost! Just look at it...

Not enough? Ok... How about a brand new Dungeons and Dragons board game? Not content with following the grand tradition of games like Castle Ravenloft and The Legend of Drizzt, the latest installment can be combined with them for an epic set of adventures. 2018's release for the Adventure Board Game System will feature multiple scenarios, challenging quests, and a plethora of miniatures and adventures to form an incredible campaign. 

What's more, you have the opportunity to boost your pre-order of this incredible game to the next level - the Premium version features everything mentioned above, except that your miniatures will come pre-painted to a dizzyingly high standard. This unique opportunity is only available until the 18th of May: roll for initiative, quick! 

As we get more information about this very special opportunity, we'll be sure to keep you updated!

But wait! There's more! 

Players, believe me when I tell you that if I ever looked in the Mirror of Erised, I'd see exactly what I'm about to tell you about.

Hold onto your pointy hat, because the Harry Potter Miniatures Adventure Game is here, and it's an absolute stunner.

Firstly, it's a self-contained boxed game, with our favourite heroes casting spells, exploring Hogwarts castle and fighting the forces of darkness, just as you'd expect. But none of us were ready for the incredible job Knight Miniatures did on the figures in this box. Painters, collectors and avid board gamers alike - you do not want to miss out on these!

Ready to pre-order at the same time are loads of expansion packs, featuring new spells, items and adventures to complete, along with all your favourite characters rendered in mind-blowing detail. Just look at this! 

Head to our webstore to browse the full range of this amazing game and get your pre-orders placed! 

One last bite for you, players - Dracula's Revenge 4th edition is here, and it's bloody delicious. This reboot follows the tradition of 3rd edition, with decisive combat rules, night and day, alongside all the excellent gameplay we've come to expect. What's more, the miniatures this time come pre-painted, looking great right out of the box! 

'Til next time, players. 

Welcome to another feast of new gaming things, players! I hope you're well. I've been thinking about you. 

There's plenty to look at today: we've got pre-, mid- and post-apocalyptic goodies, and some that aren't anything to do with the end of the world at all! Let's get into it.

The unstoppable hype train that is Games Workshop pulls into town again, carrying even more Idoneth Deepkin for Age of Sigmar. The mysterious deep-aelves bring their Isharann Agents to battle: the Soulrender, Soulscryer and Tidecaster. Command the tides of magic and steal your enemies' souls with the power of the abyss! 

Not to be outdone by the Mortal Realms, the grim darkness of the far future gets its own new addition as the Van Saars stride into the turf wars of Necromunda. Accompanying them is Gang War III, with all you need to take your gang wars to the next level (figuratively of course - nobody escapse the Underhive!) with expanded campaign rules, scenery tutorials and more.

From one industrially-ruined planet to another now, as we approach Earth, in a hellish alternate 2018. The Martian corporations run everything, Earth is a ghetto, and the mob is kept entertained by the most extreme and violent of gasoline-powered blood sports.

Players, GASLANDS is here! Osprey Games' most famous work, GASLANDS is a tabletop racing game filled with outrageous mods, burning rubber and utter carnage. All you need is the rulebook, a selection of toy cars and a twisted imagination! Keep an eye out for our Gaslands organised play series, coming soon!

In another, slightly more pleasant world, Blood Bowl gets a new team and a new publication. In the first issue of Spike! journal you'll find tons of advice on coaching your Chaos Chosen to victory on the pitch, star player profiles, a misty-eyed career retrospective on Lord Borak the Despoiler, and even rules for how to proceed if one of your players is turned into a frog! Magical moments indeed...

The aforementioned Chaos Chosen team are also out this week. The Doom Lords, a motley collection of Chaos Blockers and Beastmen, are sure to carve themselves a niche in your local league... One way or another... 

Now let me hear those engines revving, players, and we'll see each other very soon!

Good news wary traveler, pull up a chair by the fire and let us tell you about the exciting and wondrous adventures that are coming to your local gaming venue! We here at JustPlay have been very happy to recently announce our inclusion and support of Dungeons and Dragons play within the store and have reached out to you, the community, to help build this iconic pastime with us.

Sinking your teeth in...

After putting out the call for dedicated Dungeon Masters to come to our store and help provide exciting adventures and perilous plots for our players, we had an incredible response and are thankful to everyone who contacted us looking to make the magic truly happen. It is with this addition of our new Store Dungeon Masters that we are happy to announce weekly "one-shot" campaigns coming to the store every Sunday afternoon.

These single-session adventures will provide you with everything you need to get started in your new dungeoneering hobby! Whether you're entirely new to roleplaying games and fancy coming down to learn how to play from our seasoned Dungeon Masters or just fancy a raucous, bustling adventure through an ancient temple to fill your Sunday afternoon, this is the event is perfect for you. Come on down every Sunday from this Sunday onward and take part in the adventuring experience. Slay some goblins, steal the necromancers treasure and you too could be a hero!

Something with a little more bite...

On the other hand should you find that a single adventure is not enough to quench your swashbuckling, tomb-plundering thirst, our Dungeon Masters will be offering seasonal campaigns for you to join in and take part in each week, with each DM offering a different and exciting campaign of their own construction for you to get your teeth into. At just £3 per session going directly to the Dungeon Master's coffers, these hand-crafted and intricate campaigns will help you experience the true breadth and scale of a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign with several other willing and hopefully talented adventurers. 

Our first Dungeon Master of note is the battle-hardened veteran Matt who will be hosting this Sunday's one-shot session and will be running his weekly full campaign on Monday evenings. Having played Roleplaying Games for over 19 years and experiencing every system under the sun, Matt is an experienced and talented DM with a wide range of experience and influences to weave into his storytelling. His campaign will focus especially on your choices as a player, the impact they have upon the world around you and how you choose to go forth into the unknown. Will you find success as a team or will your adventures die out and fail, spelling doom for the entire world? 

Our second Dungeon Master looking to take you on an adventure is the talented and creative Eve who is ecstatic to be introducing you all to her latest diabolical creation. Eve is a 10 year veteran of Dungeon and Dragons and comes to Justplay having played role-playing games across all sorts of exotic locations such as the Arizona Desert, the sprawling metropolises of South Korea and even... Liverpool? Eve's storytelling and adventures thrive on all things creative and she will be running an 8-week long campaign welcoming all players, beginners and veterans alike. 

Everything an adventurer needs...

So what is it you as a player need to bring with you to take part? Simple, yourself! Dungeons and Dragons is a game built upon your imagination, a couple friends and a mutual willingness to have a brawl with some Kobolds looking for gold. We at JustPlay are working very hard behind the scenes to provide everything you need for an incredible gaming experience and everything is available in store ready for you to use so come on down and get involved! 

If you want to know more you can contact us by email hello@justplaygames.uk or pop in to store!

Welcome to another Top 4, players! 

With Warhammer Underworlds organised play starting across the world, we thought we'd provide a bit of insight into what works at our events.