Hogwarts: House Cup Challenge

Anyone heard of this game? I just discovered it on TOS.

Basically it's a Harry Potter adventure game. 2-4 players. Players take on the role of Harry, Ron, Hermione or Neville in their quest to win the House Cup for Gryffindor. Move around the board and what not. Standard adventure fare. I've actually been hoping for a Potter adventure game for a while.

Anyone played it? Is it the next Buffy: VTS game?

Not unless it was designed by Rob Daviau & Craig Van Ness .



Just had a look at the TOS page - VP track around teh outside of teh baord is a dead give-away. And from the description and looking at the images it seems a pretty basic (kids) game.

Basic can still equal good. As long as they capture the themes/encounters of the books/movies.

Also, the designer worked on 300: Board Game and The Nightmare Before Christmas CCG. Aren't those moderately OK?

metalface13 wrote:

Basic can still equal good. As long as they capture the themes/encounters of the books/movies.

Fair point.
The 'euro' scoretrack around the board rang warning bells for me straight away.
I found a copy of Buffy (US) over here in the UK and I like it because it has battles with non-standard dice (like Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit from the same designers) and inbuilt scenarios. Hogwarts just doesn't sound or look like it has much going for it - but it's always good to be proved wrong in these cases, and remember that we all have different tastes and a game I think tanks may be a hit with a lareg number on this site .