When it comes to board game night, there are endless options of old games, classic games, and new games to choose from. Because of board game night's growing popularity, several games are receiving a licensed version featuring a franchise that has a huge following. One of these franchises is the magical world of Harry Potter.
Ever since the movies started releasing in the early 2000s, board game companies have grabbed that license and made Harry Potter adaptions for their games. Early on there were only a few choices, but since then, the market added more and more Harry Potter-themed games, helping fill the void left when the movies ended. Now, fans have a wonderful selection of games to choose from if they want to sprinkle a little magic on game night.
10 Don't Get Lost In Harry Potter Labyrinth
For fans of the films, they can enter the magically shifting maze of Harry Potter Labyrinth. While the fictional school of Hogwarts featured hidden paths, chambers, hallways, and shifting staircases, the Harry Potter-themed version of the classic game Labyrinth reflects some of that magic.
The board has fixed maze pieces that can't be moved. The rest of the board comprises random pieces placed to fill out the area. One piece remains outside the board, and players take turns pushing the piece into any movable row in order to change the maze path. Players traverse this shifting maze to reach iconic characters like Professor Snape and Hagrid in order to win.
9 Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit Will Test The Ultimate Fans
The biggest fans get to test their knowledge of the series and challenge each other in Trivial Pursuit: Harry Potter. There are a couple of versions that offer fans different ways to play. Trivial Pursuit: World of Harry Potter involves players traversing a board and answering trivia questions about all eight Harry Potter movies.
Whichever player fills their circle with wedges first wins. Trivial Pursuit: Harry Potter Vol I and Vol II offer a more portable version, with no board, but still hundreds of questions related to the movies and Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Some questions will challenge even the most hardcore of fans.
8 Solve Magical Mysteries In Harry Potter Clue
There were two versions of Harry Potter Clue made, and while they're the same on the surface, they vary in their gameplay. Clue: Harry Potter Edition features a game board set in Hogwarts and, like the school itself, the game board moves to reveal secret passages and shifting staircases.
Clue: World of Harry Potter's board depicts several locations from the final two movies in the series. Both games have players taking on the role of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, or Neville, while trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing student. Both are fun Harry Potter mystery experiences, but Clue: Harry Potter Edition offers a bit more fun thanks to the shifting game board.
7 Build The Magic In LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts
LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts is a game about being a great student at the wizarding school. Like other LEGO board games, players build the board out of LEGO pieces and then carry on with the actual game. The goal for two to four players is to travel through the school, collect their homework, and then return to their common room.
The board features shifting staircases and hidden passages, much like Hogwarts itself, which adds a bit of strategy to the fun. LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts is simple but fun, and players can add to the board with more LEGO pieces and sets.
6 LEGO Harry Potter Wizard's Chess Is A Magical Spin On A Classic
LEGO Harry Potter Wizard's Chess is a LEGO set that can be built as a coffee table decoration or an actual chess board that mimics the magical version of chess played at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The set comes with the rules of "Wizard's Chess" as well as minifigures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione so players and fans can reenact the tense battle from the movie. Players can play by normal chess rules as well, but the game provides the most fun when played with its magical twists.
5 Cast Spells And Collect Treasure In Munchkin Harry Potter
The classic game of Munchkin is a dungeon crawling game where players enter a dungeon, battle monsters, and collect treasure. While that game is full of knights, ogres, trolls, and the like, the Harry Potter version apparates iconic characters and locations into the world of Munchkin.
Players get to play as and encounter their favorite characters, perform well-known spells, and battle mystical creatures as they venture forward to collect as much treasure as they can. Aiming to stock their vaults at Gringotts, the game is a great spin on the classic crawler, Munchkin.
4 Prevent The Rise Of Evil In Harry Potter Death Eaters Rising
Harry Potter Death Eaters Rising throws players right into the middle of the turmoil surrounding Voldemort's return in the fifth Harry Potter movie. Players must assemble a team of wizards and witches from the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, and Hogwarts to battle the rising evil forces.
Death Eaters Rising takes players to iconic locations like Hogsmeade Village and Diagon Alley, and pits them against familiar foes such as Bellatrix Lestrange and Peter Pettigrew. To win the game, players must co-operate to vanquish all the Death Eaters and ultimately Voldemort himself.
3 Funkoverse Harry Potter Strategy Game Combines Collectibles And Games
The Funkoverse Harry Potter Strategy Game combines the fun collectible POP! figures with a strategic tabletop experience. There are three versions of the game, each coming with different POP! figure characters, so players can combine and create a favorite team to play with.
The gameplay comprises players moving around the board and battling each other while trying to capture points and achieve victory. Every character has a unique set of skills and abilities to be used, and each ability has cooldowns, so an element of strategy is required. The game also comes with four different scenarios to explore.
2 Test Your Teamwork In Harry Potter Codenames
Harry Potter Codenames is a simple game of matching, teamwork, and clues. Based on the Codenames: Duet game, this Harry Potter-themed version has players set up in teams, and then try to give each other clues in order to match cards. Each team has a set of cards to reveal and the first to reveal all their cards wins.
To play Harry Potter Codenames, one player chooses a word that relates to their team's cards, and the other players on the team must pick the correct cards that relate. However, players better guess correctly because if they lose, they may summon an evil wizard or witch.
1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Is An Epic Card Collecting Game
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle is a cooperative deck-building game with numerous expansions giving players a ton of options. There are evil forces lurking about Hogwarts and trying to take over the school, and it's up to two to four players to build defenses and defeat the attacking villains.
Players get to play as Harry, Ron, Hermione, or Neville, each having their own personal deck of cards to use. The expansions include Charms and Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the Monster Box of Monsters, giving new cards for players to add to their playable decks.