So when I had the chance to get a copy in a trade at SaltCon this year, I was happy to end up with a copy of the game for our family.

The board is fun and unique - it's structured to swing, alternating between the interior of the Hogwarts castle and outdoors, on the grounds. Rolling a passage icon with the die causes the board to flip and transfer to its alternate location. Traveling between the two is risky, as it can cost a clue - but it might also be what it takes to win the game. Collecting four clue cards for a beast makes you the hero and winner of the game. Simplicity runs throughout Harry Potter Labyrinth and this is reflected in the game’s set up. All that is required to play the game, is the game board, 34 square maze tiles, 24 picture cards and 4 playing pieces. The main set-up is to randomly position 33 of the square maze tiles into the game board, any way you like, creating a random and different maze for the start of each game. 24 of the maze cards contain pictures, matching the 24 picture cards, of the biggest characters from the series. Harry Potter AU. Many different One Shots about the various relationships of Harry Potter. Often female Harry. Sometimes male Harry. Sometimes friendship. Sometimes love. Soulmate AU’s. Some stories are happy. Some are not. Some are something in between. Language: English Words: 47,640 Chapters: 18/? Collections: 1 Comments: 51 Kudos: 571 Bookmarks: 122 Hits: 34,855 Harry Potter Labyrinth scores well on our “let’s play again” game meter and we know it would score even higher if our kids were younger. For many years we’ve heard of a great introductory family board game called, Labyrinth. It was first published in 1986 and has spawned a line of Labyrinth games.First, they’ll love the secret nature of knowing which character they need to find without anyone else knowing. Then they’ll have to figure out how they can connect corridors so they can move their pawn to that character. Then they’ll have to determine where to place a tile so that shifting a whole row or column of tiles will help them connect corridors they way they need. Yet, if you’re playing with older players, the game may get a bit more cutthroat (as it does in our family).

A moment of desperation and a decision based on unconditional love has placed the power of the Wizarding World in the hands of the Goblin King. A king whose subjects are seen as second class citizens even while they manage the wealth of the wizards. How will this one decision, this one offer, change the Wizarding World and the looming war against Voldemort? Language: English Words: 41,069 Chapters: 31/? Collections: 6 Comments: 523 Kudos: 1,861 Bookmarks: 831 Hits: 40,420

About Harry Potter Labyrinth

The game board is a 7 x 7 grid of corridor tiles. 16 of those tiles are permanently placed as part of the game board. The rest are shuffled face down at the start of the game and then placed randomly to fill the rest of the board. One corridor tile will remain off the board. The board has 16 permanent corridor tiles in place. But once someone has found all their characters, and it’s very clear where that player wants to get to next, the game steps up a notch with more thoughts towards thwarting that player’s possible routes. As you can tell, it’s a very simple game to understand and play — which makes it approachable by anyone.