- Year Published: 2000
- Publisher: University Games
- # of Players: 2 - 14
- Playing Time: 30 minutes
- Manufacturer's Suggested Ages: 8 and up
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Players control 14 Quidditch pieces on a hex board Quidditch field. Teams take turns rolling and moving, turning over tiles to search for the snitch, or finding quaffles to shoot thru the hoops. Various other tiles reveal bonuses and penalties.
When a player wants to score with a quaffle, he loads a quaffle ball into a miniature catapult and tries to launch it through hoop. That scores 10 points. If a seeker token finds the snitch, the team scores 150 points, ends the game, and more likely than not, wins.
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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful
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My idea of hell is a little girl (8 years old) disappointed on her birthday.
This game creates a good first impression. The box is nice looking and the playing pieces are well printed.
The first problem starts to arise when one finishes punching out the one hundred fiddly little game pieces and starts to read the rules, which, although quite well written, are still very confusing.
One begins to play the game, hoping that the rules will become clearer. Unfortunately they do. As the confusion clears, the boredom sets in.
The board is far too small, and initially covered in the aforementioned one hundred fiddly little game pieces. This makes maneuvering the player pieces awkward for a grown up and frustrating and difficult for a child. There is no clear objective to the game other than to move the players aimlessly around the board, waiting either for a catcher to pick up a quaffle or a searcher picks up the snitch. When a catcher lands on a quaffle piece, the player gets to attempt to fire a plastic ball with a catapult through a plastic "goal" at the opponent's end of the board. This is arguably the most fun you're going to have this evening. When a searcher lands on a snitch piece, the game is over. Period.
As my daughter pointed out, attention to the details of Harry Potter's world is also patchy.
(1) As everybody knows, the Gryffindor Quidditch team includes several girls. As far as we could tell, all the players in this game are represented as boys. That is a huge demerit for this father of a daughter.
(2) The Searcher for the Slytherin team is depicted as a dark haired boy. Again, as every one knows, Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin Searcher is blonde.
(3) In Quidditch, a goal counts as ten points, not as one point as stated in the rules of this game.
In conclusion, good production values are let down by poor attention to detail and a confusing and boring game concept. Way over priced. Parents, save your money for the books!
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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Whoever designed this game obviously did not play it. The concept looks fun - real hoops and a catapult to launch the Quaffle through them to score - but try spending a couple of hours fruitlessly launching the fingernail-sized ball at a hoop only to miss and watch it disappear under the sofa, under a table, into a dark corner, into dust-dinos, into a child's mouth. Add to this, incomprehensible rules, and 150 (someone was being too cute for words here) tiny, tiny tokens that conceal the Snitch. The game is cumbersome and deadly boring, with none of the grace, finesse, speed and strategy that make Quidditch the best game in the wizarding world. Save your money! The Quidditch card game (...) is much better.
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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My daughter received this game for her 9 year old birthday. It is probably the most confusing and boring game a kid could get. A zillion pieces and the most confusing rules imaginable. We are both familiar with the Harry Potter books and movies so I was expecting something playable and fun. I guarantee she will never play this game again after setting up for a 1/2 hour and playing for a tedious 20 minutes. Boring, boring , boring. A total waste.
This game is a good example of someone just trying to make money off a popular franchise name.
This game is a good example of someone just trying to make money off a popular franchise name.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good game if you are 13 or older. Not for younger kids.
This is an interesting and engaging game for older kids, teens, college kids and adults. You have to pay attention and think about what you want to do to win the game. Read more
Published 3 months ago by PotterShopper
Garbage in a nice box
I bought this for my 11 year old daughter who loved the books and movies. Wow, how sad that the HP Franchise let this go to market. Read more
Published on June 7, 2009 by James M. Owenby
Make your own rules up!
The only problem with this game seems to be the rules. So I rewrote them for my kids. No I didn't get too technical with the game vs the book, but I did make it fun and easy for... Read more
Published on December 22, 2005 by paint
it stunk
it is really hard to set up but i do like harry potter but i am very sad at the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Published on July 5, 2005
Wish we could get our money back!!
This game is awful. Two adults and one 12-year-old Harry Potter fan tried to play this game for about a half hour. Read more
Published on January 1, 2003 by "polly310"
STINKY
I thought this toy would be better but it turned out that all it is, is A BIG WASTE OF TIME! This game takes a very long time to set up (maybe 25 minutes). Read more
Published on November 7, 2002 by Livo
Fun Action Game
This game has an actual Quidditch field where you can shoot balls through hoops and actually plays like the game displayed in the book. Read more
Published on March 4, 2002
Don't buy this game!
The directions on this game is are terrible!! I gave it to a friend b/c I tried to figure it out with my 8 year old and she was as confused as I was. Read more
Published on December 21, 2001
Don't buy it
My 9 year old got this for his birthday. It was the most confusing, boring, uninspired game I have ever tried to play. If I could have given it no stars, I would have... Read more
Published on December 5, 2001
Even Harry would be disappointed
With all the excitement about Harry Potter, we anticipated a wonderful Thanksgiving eve with the Quidditch game. NOT!!
Directions are very unclear. Read more
Directions are very unclear. Read more
Published on November 26, 2001 by Judi Seip
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