Wherever there’s fandom chatter, people always want to talk about which fantasy series is better: Harry Potter or Twilight. (Answer: Potter, obviously.) But one thing no one ever talks about is how much harder it is to be a Harry Potter fan, especially when it comes to the films. While New Line is cranking out a fresh Twilight movie every six weeks, Potter fans are forced to survive on a diet of sparsely-served set photos for months (or even years!) at a time.
So, what’s a Potter fan to do as we wait for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1? Well, you could always reread the books for the tenth time. Or, you could apply for a job as a fry cook at soon-to-open Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Or, you could fashion yourself some Potter-themed games to pass the days until December 8th. Here are our suggestions:
Hogwarts-opoly — Turn any Monopoly board into a race to buy up properties in Diagon Alley! Steer clear of Azkaban, and don’t forget to pass Gringotts and collect your 19 Galleons, 14 Sickles and 18 Knuts!
Harry Potter Clue — Maybe you only thought you knew who did it. Was it Voldemort in Godric’s Hollow with the Horcrux? Was it really? Maybe it was Malfoy in the Whomping Willow with the Sword of Griyffindor (as if he could pull that from the Sorting Hat!). Or Hermione in The Leaky Cauldron with the Elder Wand. So many possibilities. (And think of the cross-over fan fic: Malfoy/Miss Scarlet anyone?)
Connect Gryffindor — A Neville-Hermione-Dumbledore-Lavender is just as good as a Dean-Hagrid-Ginny-McGonagall! Just work your way around those pesky Slytherins. You should be an old pro at that by now!
Do you have any other ideas for ways to pass the time until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
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Yes, I’m Evanna Lynch, big whoop.
You are Evanna Lynch! You love reading, have an older sister and hate Twilight! OMG!
I think I am going to read Twilight, even though I hate it as it is pretty much taking over Harry Potter. I love reading so I’ll give it a try.
I really like the idea. My older sister and I are going to make a board game merely with the locations in Hogwarts. We’ve got chance cards, and community chest cards and everything.
Are you Evanna Lynch? Who plays Luna Lovegood in the movies?
Your Evanna Lynch? OMG! My sister won’t believe I’m actually talking to you!
I keep looking around for a Harry Potter trivial pursuit board game (on all 7 books as is the LOTR one on all 3). But such a great thing seems not yet to exist. If anyone has information of when THAT might be coming out, I’d be really grateful!
I’m a Harry Potter fan and I would really love to play those games.
Harry Potter Clue is a great game, think Clue but deeper. I won the game by killing my son with a fire-breathing dragon!
I would really, really like to play Harry Potter Clue.
@Kat — agreed. Except a real HP fan will have to write the questions because this one time I bought Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit and it sucked SO HARD because I knew all the answers. I felt infantilized.
There is a Harry Potter Clue game as I received it for Christmas in 2008.
It’s great!
BTW… Jenn sent me this link! Great article!
Awesome!
We actually owned two Harry Potter board games before the children demolished them for their pieces. One was a trivia-type game and the other had something to do with Quidditch. Oh wait, and we also had two card game– Harry Potter Uno and something else.
Sigh. We’re Harry Potter geeks.
i’ve got it: harry potter trivial pursuit. you could have a movie edition and a book edition and a movie vs. book edition. i would rule all three.
What about a Chutes & Ladders type game: Basalisks & Broomsticks?
Amazing idea!
Buying the Riddle House?
::shiver::
I thought Harry Potter Cluedo did exist, I’m pretty sure my brother was boasting about owning it…
Personally I’d like to see Harry Potter boggle - how many spell names can you make? Or Harry Potter Careers - genius!
I would seriously pay money for HP Clue. That would be AWESOME.
Snakes & Ladders could be pretty awesome, too. Basilisks and Moving Staircases?
Haha! Awesome article! I LOVED that you included a link to jobs at the park!
Why isn’t there a HP Clue - It would be perfect!
(also, these are the best anti-spam words ever. Mine is hobbit.)
Awesome! Thanks for the HP-fan love. I’m starting to feel like a seriously-older, ugly step-sister to all those Twilight fanpersons.
Never, ever think that! We are better! We are brighter! We are … magic!
I would definitely play all of these games. Also. My anti-spam word is “witch.” Awesome.