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Year
2018
Collection
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Description
Codenames: Harry Potter features the gameplay from Codenames Duet, with players working together to reveal all the right cards before they run out of time or summon Lord Voldemort or another dark wizard.
The cards that players need to guess feature a word or phrase on one side and an image on the other.
Codenames Family
(8 games)
Part of the Codenames family — see Codenames for the combined view.
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The Dice Tower Top List at 13:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Favorite Codenames variant
- Very casual and accessible
- Great communication challenges
- Appeals to Harry Potter fans
Cons
- Requires knowledge of the Harry Potter theme
- Newer version exists which the host hasn't played
Thematic elements
- Deduction and communication within the Harry Potter theme
- Harry Potter universe
Comparison games
- Codenames Battle for Hogwarts
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — The game is played cooperatively by two players.
- Deduction — Players deduce the correct words based on clues.
- word association — Players give one-word clues to link multiple words on the board.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The problem with two-player games is there's so many of them.
- This is a great game. It really is.
- It feels more strategic than it is.
- It's a simple game, but it's beautiful.
- This is just absolute comfort food kind of a game that still has a lot of player interaction.
- You got to play to the middle to draw new cards. It's brilliant.
- It kind of feels like cornhole but for indoors.
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