Description
After leaving Hogwarts, Fred and George Weasley opened a shop of magical jokes, and their Skiving Snackbox sweets help students dodge lessons with a fake illness. The caretaker Argus Filch has banned them. Harry Potter: Skiving Snackbox Scavenge (in Slovenian Lov na sladkarije) is a family dice game in which you collect these sweets around the school and secretly carry them to your common room.
How to play Harry Potter: Skiving Snackbox Scavenge
On your turn you roll the die and move up to as many spaces as you rolled, in any direction. When you land on a sweet token, you pick it up. On the Weasley shop space you take a card with a mischievous prank that helps you or hurts the others. Some cards can be saved for later. When the die shows the Weasley logo, you turn the moving staircases or move Filch. If Filch lands on a student, he confiscates all the sweets that student is carrying and sends them back to their common room.
Sweets are only safe once you bring them home. The winner is the first to bring all four different sweets to their common room: Fever Fudge, Puking Pastilles, Nosebleed Nougat and Fainting Fancies.
Why you will like it
- You can turn the moving staircases even while someone is standing on them, making their way longer.
- You send Filch after the player carrying the most sweets.
- The prank cards bring surprises, and you can save the Liquid Luck card to rescue you from Filch.
- You decide for yourself when it pays to head home and put your sweets somewhere safe.
Who is Harry Potter: Skiving Snackbox Scavenge for
The game is for two to four players aged 8 and up and takes 15 to 30 minutes. The rules are simple, so it suits families and Harry Potter fans. This edition comes with Slovenian rules, while the prank cards have English text, so younger children will need help with reading.
What you might not like
The die decides how far you move, and players mess with each other a lot by stealing sweets. It may not be the best fit for those who prefer calm games with more planning.
What is in the box
- game board
- 3 moving staircases
- 6 figures
- 16 sweet tokens
- 55 Weasley prank cards
- die
- rules
