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Includes 1 practice mat, 4 House cards, 8 House movers, 2 bases, 24 starting cards, 21 Hex cards, 129 Hogwarts cards, 5 Stun tokens, 30 chip pieces, and rules |
Build an unstoppable deck to take down your opponent |
Inspired by the award winning Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Deck Building Game |
| Weight | 0.72575 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.86 × 15.24 × 63.5 cm |
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Alinham –
My friends and I were already both Harry Potter fans and board game players so the combination of these two things was bound to be considered good to us, but that said this is still a beautifully designed game.Those unfamiliar with card deck building games may take a short while to get used to the playing style as you’re not moving a piece around the board as instead you are strengthening your set of cards in order to defeat the various villains that appear throughout the game. The game play is straightforward as there’s only a couple of different things to do each turn.It’s also beautifully tiered and gets progressively difficult as you move through the games. There are seven games in total (one for each book) and contain no spoilers within each year, just additional characters or items that are added in the books at that point. When I introduced this to my non board game playing ‘Harry Potter fan’ friends the first game is simple enough that they could pick it up easily and were left wanting to continue the game – this is an incredibly moorish game and once you’ve completed one game/book you immediately want to move onto the next. Game 7 is very difficult and a real challenge every time and has great replay-ability as so many variables can change from the order villains arrive to which cards you can add to your hand.We have made up one additional rule when you play it as when attacking a villain you have to verbally cast a spell – slaying the Basilisk with ‘wingardium leviosa’ has never been such fun!We usually start with Game 5 after lunch on a Sunday afternoon and hopefully, if we’ve played well enough, we’re defeating He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in Game 7 by dinner! I cannot recommend this game highly enough.
Matthew –
I’m big into deck building games and have a few favourites but this has catapulted to the top of them. It is a great game for families, couples, friends or if you prefer there is a solo player mode.I’m not a big Harry Potter fan but I bought this for my partner who is, unlike a lot of brand specific games the gameplay does not require a prior knowledge of the subject (but merely adds to it via nostalgia).For any deck building game fans, I would best describe this as a mix of Dominion and Marvel Legend. You essentially start off with a basic hand for your character (Harry, Ron, Hermione or Neville) and then buy cards to get more spells, items or allies to go into your Discard Pile. Everytime your Draw Pile runs out you shuffle your Discard Pile to create a new Draw Pile, so you are constantly refreshing with the new cards you have bought. Using your cards you have to defeat the Villains from that film (and all previous) before they capture locations, with each Villain having a special power it requires you to be tactical with which order you defeat them.What makes this game particularly stand out is how much the gameplay and added features adapts throughout the seven years (levels), it keeps it interesting and eager to try the next level.For me though the best part is that it is PvE, meaning that all players are working together to beat the Villains and teamwork is essential to succeeding. I have played this with experienced board gamers and complete newbies (including my Mum) and everyone has picked it up extremely quickly as it is so easy to follow the turn order.I would highly recommend to any board game fan but especially any Harry Potter fans, a great family game!
G6K –
Love this game. Instructions not always clear, especially when playing for the first time. But totally addictive. Fav. HP characters all in there! Bought the extensions as well a month after.
victoria rees –
It’s really good family game where we all work together to defeat voldermort. Sometimes it can take hours for a good game. Love this.
M Owen –
A really fun game, this is one of my first collaborative card building games but I absolutely loved it. I know understand it’s a fairly standard system adapted to the HP world.It’s great for fans of the magical world, we got really absorbed by it, and it’s nice to play a game collaboratively and talk through strategy each turn.The longevity is great, with 7 full rounds, and give a bit of a break could be played again.The only slight negatives are the instructions are ambiguous in many areas, I recommend watching a gameplay video, there are many available.Ultimately it was quite easy, with some intense moments of peril but we didn’t lose once.The suggested increase in difficulty level isnt that great, we came up with several options but the sharing would include spoilers so won’t. Once you understand the game you can make your own.
Will –
Love this. Very sturdy and great quality.
Sandra –
Great easy deck builder for beginnings, new bits are added into the game as you work your way between game1-7, if your not a beginner at these sort of games start with game 3 the difficulty level is harder. Also recommend the expansion packs adds more to the game and adds a extra player to ply with with the base game.
Pico user –
Fans of harry potter and deck builders will not be disappointed the progression system adds new things as you unlock new boxes but still leaves you with a full game at the end to continue to play.(even better with the expansions)