USAopoly recently revived fan-favorite Harry Potter board games, Trivia Pursuit’s World of Harry Potter and Harry Potter CLUE. With multiple editions of well-loved Harry Potter games, it has been years since we’ve seen a brand new Harry Potter board game. With the resurgence of the Harry Potter franchise with the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (both the opening of the play for preview and the script book reaching fans this weekend!!!) and the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films, USAopoly is releasing a new Harry Potter deck building game!
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle–A Cooperative Deck-Building Game is a new interactive board game that allow players to take on Voldemort as one of their favorite member Dumbledore’s Army (choosing between Harry, Ron, Hermione, or Neville). Each player must complete seven tasks, each one more challenging, to protect Hogwarts from Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Each player starts with cards specific to their character, and then collects more cards–spells, skills, abilities and more. USAopoly describes the game:
The forces of evil are threatening to overrun HOGWARTS™ castle in this new cooperative game! It’s up to four students to ensure the safety of the school by defeating villains and consolidating their defenses. Players take on the role of a HOGWARTS student: Harry, Ron, Hermione or Neville, each with his or her own personal deck of cards. To secure the castle from the forces of evil the students must work together to build more powerful decks using iconic Wizarding World characters, spells, and items. Defeat all the villains including He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and win the game!
- Play together as your favorite heroes! Harry, Ron, Hermione or Neville
- Relive the excitement of the Wizarding World as you battle evil forces to defend HOGWARTS™
- Become a more powerful wizard as you learn new spells and acquire more allies and items
- Unlock new secrets and challenges with each successive game adventure
Fans can preview and play the game for the first time at GenCon in Indianapolis, August 4-7, 2016. A limited number of copies will be available for sale and fans will receive exclusive extra cards with purchase.
The game will be featured and available for purchase at GenCon (with exclusive extra cards!) August 4-7 , and is available for preorder on the Harry Potter Shop website. The game will be shipped out to customers September 15, 2016.
The Harry Potter Shop describes the game:
“Can you stop the forces of Evil from overtaking Hogwarts Castle? Take on the role of a HOGWARTS student; Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville to defeat the villains and ensure the safety of the school with this Hogwarts Battle Deck Building Game. Each character has his or her own personal deck of cards which is used to acquire resources. Add more cards to the deck to form iconic characters, spells, and magical items. But be weary of villains and the Dark Arts. Other cards allow you to regain health or to fight against villains, keeping them from gaining power. Only by working together will players be able to defeat all of the villains, securing the castle from the forces of evil. Includes game board, chip pieces, markers, health tracker boards, 245 cards, dice, card boxes, rules booklet, and sorting cards. Ages: 11+. 2-4 Players.”
With the first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie due to roll into theaters this November, first looks at film merchandise are beginning to surface.
LEGO website, Bricks Fans recently released images of the packaging of Fantastic Beasts LEGO sets. The new LEGO sets were advertised in the Argos catalogue in the U.K. The images show Newt Scamander, a LEGO Niffler, and MACUSA. The pictures can be seen below. Bricks Fans reports:
“The [LEGO Dimensions Story Pack based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them] will be available in November and will feature a Magical Congress of the United States of America-themed Gateway to add to the LEGO Toy Pad along with a Newt Scamander Minifigure and Niffler gadget. The book also reveals that [the] Story Packs will retail for £39.99 and will feature a 6 level story campaign to enjoyed based on their relevant movies.”
Warner Bros. recently released the first official Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them t-shirt. This is the first official piece of film merchandise added to the Harry Potter franchise. It is a simple black t-shirt sporting the official Fantastic Beasts logo fans have seen in the Fantastic Beasts trailers. Warner Bros. described the tshirt, saying:
“This is our very first printing of our very first official shirt for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the upcoming film based on J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World! Orders placed by Friday, July 22nd will ship on Friday, July 29th. After this, the next batch will ship in mid-August.”
This t-shirt can be preordered here.
As a special for Harry Potter fans, the official Warner Brothers shop is offering a free Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tote bag with a $50.00 (USD) purchase via this link. Readers will recall we saw this great bag (photo here and here) earlier this summer at Comic Con; now is your chance to nab yours and take advantage of some early holiday sales at the same time. This offer is only go...
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Harry Potter product watch continues today with word of a brand new Flourish and Blotts Tote bag (photo here, closeup here) that is now available via WBshop.com. The bag, bearing the label of the famous Diagon Alley bookstore, has a zippered top and inside smaller zip compartment.
If you are still looking for last minute Halloween costumes, be sure to take advantage of the ongoing sales of Har...
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With Halloween right around the corner, many fans are looking to wear Harry Potter costumes this holiday. As such, the official WB Shop now has all Harry Potter costumes on sale for 25% off regular prices. New this holiday are Luna Lovegood's unique Spectra Specs, as worn by Evanna Lynch in Half-Blood Prince as well as this child's Quidditich helmet
In celebration of Hermione Granger's birthday this weekend, Warner Bros is holding a major sale at their online shop, specifically 25 percent off of ALL things Harry Potter. Smart savings can be found on many new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince items including this Weasley is My King Jrs tee, new Gryffindor Textured Wall Banner, Slytherin Textured Wall Banner, 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar, a...
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Love is the air...or Amortentia is as there are a whole host of new shirts for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince available via WBShop.com including ones celebrating that magical love potion. As seen here, complete with a bubbling Cauldron, there is a purple Amortensia Shirt (womens fitted) and the artistic version, womens fitted here. Also new are:
Levicorpius Womens Fitted! Featuring the s...
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Ever just want to hang out with Snape? Well now you can, thanks to the new character standees now available at the WB Harry Potter shop. Standing just over 6 feet tall is this cardboard cutout of Alan Rickman as Snape, or this of Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore. Also available is this 5 foot 6 inch cutout of actor Dan Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Be sure to check out too the new Hal...
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As a follow to our post yesterday on the slew of new products, Warner Bros has now opened a Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince section of their Harry Potter collection in the WB shop. In addition to the new shirts from Hot Topic mentioned previously, you can now purchase a new Hermione poster featuring actress Emma Watson. There is also this poster available of Dan Radcliffe as Harry Potter...
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Calling all holiday shoppers! There is a major sale now underway at the official WB Harry Potter shop, where many, many items are now 50-75 % off regular price. Sales include many pieces from the Tonner Doll collection where items such as the Hermione at the Yule Ball doll are 50% off, and the Draco doll is 75% off regular price. Other bargains can be found on pieces from the Noble Collection, ...
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