Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle- A Cooperative Deck Building Game
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Harry Potter has had a few forays into the board game world via Funkoverse and other games, but here we see the Potterverse become a cooperative deck building game with a campaign like structure and content revealed as players get further into the story. Deck building is the mechanic of players starting with a relatively week deck of 8-10 cards which they build up by acquiring new cards, usually from a shared central 'market'. You are also able to trim your deck by getting rid of the weaker cards, thus increasing the chance that you will draw the cards you actually want.The game is pleasingly themed around the Harry Potter stories, specifically the films with most of the artwork taken from stills of the movies. A lot of content is contained in 7 game boxes. You open a new one in each consecutive game. This means that your game journey will mirror the films as each game boxes will contain relevant enemies and cards needed for the new story elements. All these cards can be reset into their boxes, if you wish to experience the story again. Players will take the role of one of the key Gryffindor heroes, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville. This means your starting decks will be different for each player and will have different strengths and weaknesses. The story structure allows the game to gentle teach you more and more mechanics as you go, gently increasing the complexity and difficulty as you travel through the story. Rather fitting for a game that's set in a school with increasingly difficult exams...Fans of Potter will be in their elements for sure, but fans of deck builders will also find a great experience here.Player count:Â 2-4Time:Â 30-60Â minutesAge rating:Â 11+
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Harry Potter has had a few forays into the board game world via Funkoverse and other games, but here we see the Potterverse become a cooperative deck building game with a campaign like structure and content revealed as players get further into the story. Deck building is the mechanic of players starting with a relatively week deck of 8-10 cards which they build up by acquiring new cards, usually from a shared central 'market'. You are also able to trim your deck by getting rid of the weaker cards, thus increasing the chance that you will draw the cards you actually want.The game is pleasingly themed around the Harry Potter stories, specifically the films with most of the artwork taken from stills of the movies. A lot of content is contained in 7 game boxes. You open a new one in each consecutive game. This means that your game journey will mirror the films as each game boxes will contain relevant enemies and cards needed for the new story elements. All these cards can be reset into their boxes, if you wish to experience the story again. Players will take the role of one of the key Gryffindor heroes, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville. This means your starting decks will be different for each player and will have different strengths and weaknesses. The story structure allows the game to gentle teach you more and more mechanics as you go, gently increasing the complexity and difficulty as you travel through the story. Rather fitting for a game that's set in a school with increasingly difficult exams...Fans of Potter will be in their elements for sure, but fans of deck builders will also find a great experience here.Player count:Â 2-4Time:Â 30-60Â minutesAge rating:Â 11+
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Harry Potter has had a few forays into the board game world via Funkoverse and other games, but here we see the Potterverse become a cooperative deck building game with a campaign like structure and content revealed as players get further into the story. Deck building is the mechanic of players starting with a relatively week deck of 8-10 cards which they build up by acquiring new cards, usually from a shared central 'market'. You are also able to trim your deck by getting rid of the weaker cards, thus increasing the chance that you will draw the cards you actually want.The game is pleasingly themed around the Harry Potter stories, specifically the films with most of the artwork taken from stills of the movies. A lot of content is contained in 7 game boxes. You open a new one in each consecutive game. This means that your game journey will mirror the films as each game boxes will contain relevant enemies and cards needed for the new story elements. All these cards can be reset into their boxes, if you wish to experience the story again. Players will take the role of one of the key Gryffindor heroes, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville. This means your starting decks will be different for each player and will have different strengths and weaknesses. The story structure allows the game to gentle teach you more and more mechanics as you go, gently increasing the complexity and difficulty as you travel through the story. Rather fitting for a game that's set in a school with increasingly difficult exams...Fans of Potter will be in their elements for sure, but fans of deck builders will also find a great experience here.Player count:Â 2-4Time:Â 30-60Â minutesAge rating:Â 11+
