The Best Harry Potter Games And Puzzles

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone – wizard chess scene

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Even in a world of witchcraft, wizardry, magic duels and Quidditch, there’s no substitute for a good old-fashioned board game: in the Gryffindor Common Room of Hogwarts, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley can often be found kicking back with a game of Wizard’s Chess. Not only can you get your very own Harry Potter Wizard’s Chess set, but there are all kinds of other Wizarding World-themed games, puzzles and toys out there to keep Potter fans of all ages amused for hours.

There are magical editions of firm board game favourites, including Trivial Pursuit and Lex-Go!, quick-fire card games like Top Trumps and Dobble, and jigsaws featuring all your favourite characters from Harry’s world – from Dumbledore and Hagrid to Malfoy and Voldemort. Or if you’re looking to build something, there are 3D puzzle kits and stunning LEGO sets to keep you entertained for hours, and give you something to display at the end of it all.

Read through Empire’s round-up of the best Harry Potter games and puzzles, ideal gifts for the witch, wizard, muggle, or squib in your life, or a perfect treat to yourself for some magic-based fun.

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The Best Harry Potter Games And Puzzles

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Harry Potter – Wizard Chess Set

The pieces might not smash each other up, but otherwise this is an authentic Wizard Chess set – all the pieces styled after those seen in The Philosopher's Stone. "Knight to H3!"

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Hogwarts Express 3D Puzzle

Put together your very own Hogwarts Express model (with Platform 9 3/4 and the flying Ford Anglia) in this 180-piece 3D puzzle – and keep it on display once it's built.

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Funkoverse Harry Potter Game

Play out a battle of good vs evil in either Diagon Alley or the Room Of Requirement, with a set of four Funko figures to set the scene: Harry, Hermione, Voldemort, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

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Harry Potter LEGO Diagon Alley

Up for a real challenge? This brand new LEGO set offers an epic build of one of the series' most iconic locations – Diagon Alley. Consisting of over 5500 pieces, it includes all kinds of famous shop faces, from Ollivanders wand shop and Quality Quidditch Supplies, to bookstore Flourish & Blotts, and – best of all – Fred and George's dazzling joke shop, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

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Harry Potter Dobble

What if Dobble had more, well, Dobby? The fun and frantic circular card game gets a Harry Potter makeover – but remains as easy to pick up and difficult to win as ever.

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Harry Potter 1000 Piece Heroes And Villains Jigsaw

You can't go wrong with a good jigsaw puzzle – and this Harry Potter set collects the series' most iconic heroes (Dumbledore! Dobby! Hagrid!) as well as its most hissable baddies (Voldemort! Bellatrix! Lucius Malfoy!)

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LEGO Harry Potter Collection Video Game

Potter-themed video games are disappointingly thin on the ground these days, but this remastered set includes both of LEGO's super-charming co-op-friendly adventure games, covering Harry's entire 7-year adventure. Play through the greatest scenes and locations from the films with that added dose of snappy LEGO humour.

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Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Game

Team up with a Potter pal to play this co-operative deck-building card game. Step into the shows of Harry, Ron, Hermione or Neville to take on the evil forces intent on attacking Hogwarts. Each of Harry's years at Hogwarts gets its own new deck of cards, meaning you can play through each one in turn, and venture through the entire story, broadening the world and your abilities as you go.

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Harry Potter LEGO Hogwarts Great Hall

Made up of over 850 pieces, put together a LEGO set of Hogwarts' crown jewel – the majestic Great Hall. Styled after events from The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber Of Secrets, minifigures include young Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy, and Susan Bones, plus Dumbledore, McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, Hagrid, and Nearly Headless Nick. Oh, and you get a buildable Basilisk too.

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Harry Potter Ultimate Trivial Pursuit

Do you prefer your general knowledge games to be ones where it's general knowledge about the Wizarding World, rather than our own? This edition of Trivial Pursuit is for you – test your knowledge of all things Potter with over 1800 questions about the series.

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Harry Potter Top Trumps – Collectors Tin

Not only does this set include two decks of Top Trumps cards – one based on the Prisoner Of Azkaban, and the other on the Goblet Of Fire – but they come housed in a lovely collectible tin, styled after a Gryffindor trunk.

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Harry Potter Lex-Go! Word Game

Put your Wizarding vocabulary to the test with this quick-thinking letter-tile game, with bonus added magic pieces – and the possibility of instantly winning the round if you can spell out 'SNITCH'.

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