Harry Potter: House Cup Competition

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 6.6 out of 10

   Benterdimensional

   Just a bit repetitive after awhile, and I don’t foresee this having much replayability. I also wish that the theme came through more. Otherwise, it’s a fine game. The tubes with the gems are my favorite part. It doesn’t really feel like I’m doing Hogwarts stuff, but it did make me think a bit and I enjoyed it OK.

2. 7 out of 10

   MA_CH

   This is a good game, but there is room for improvement with clarity of some of the rules. The instruction booklet could have been twice as long. We had to make some assumptions on what was or wasn’t reasonable for some plays. The game is well made, and has some clever and beautiful pieces. Everything feels sturdy and durable, and fits well within the box. The time given on the box was wildly inaccurate for our group. We had 4 players - 2 who had played before and 2 who hadn’t - and it took us 3 hours and 50 minutes. Overall we liked this game, but it is one we’ll have to plan ahead for, since it is such a time commitment.

3. 7 out of 10

   exparrot

   Really simple worker placement game, which reminds me a bit of lords of waterdeep in that you are completing lessons and challenges which have differing requirements although in this is as a track of skills rather than physically collecting meeple. The potter theme is cool but wooden player markers would have been nice, expecially as it can be a bit difficult to spot them once they are on the board- specifically gryffindor house which is a burgandy colour like a lot of the board, but thats a nit pick. I do really like the test tube house point collecter which is fun. It allows you a rough estimate of board position without having to count and recount points.