REVIEW: Harry Potter House Cup Competition, gateway worker placement game set in the Wizarding World
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 14/02/2021

The board game Harry Potter House Cup Competition is a light, intro-level, family-friendly, worker-placement boardgame where players representing each of the four Hogwarts houses face-off by completing challenges in order to win the House Cup.

Harry Potter: House Cup Competition was designed by Nate Heiss and Kami Mandell. It features artwork by Delaney Mamer. This Harry Potter themed board game was published in 2020 by The Op who are known for their other Wizarding World themed games like Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle. House Cup Competition plays two to four players with the average game being about an hour and a half long. 

In House Cup Competition each player leads one of the four Hogwarts houses, sending their three students to various locations and classes to improve their skill level in three areas and collect magic and knowledge tokens. These are traded in to complete challenges and earn points for their house. The house with the most points by the end of the semester wins the House Cup and the game.

This review is one segment from The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 121: Styles and Types of Board Games. You can catch our full episode here: https://youtu.be/2v2dUzgL4IA

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Disclosure: The Op was cool enough to send us a review copy of this game.

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From the Publisher:

Welcome to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! 

The House Cup calls for the brightest students to compete in this worker-placement strategy game. In Harry Potter: House Cup Competition, use gained knowledge and magic to learn lessons and complete challenges. Players send iconic characters like Harry Potter, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, and Draco Malfoy out on the game board to enhance their skills. 

The player who earns the most points for their House will be named the House Cup Champion!

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