Keep Voldemort at Bay in Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising

Keep Voldemort at Bay in Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising
Board Game: Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising
In a May 2019 announcement for Star Wars: Dark Side Rising from The OP, a standalone game similar in gameplay to Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War, I asked, "Which franchise might rise next, do you think?" In the first comment on that post, Cory Kneeland wrote, "I could see this redone with a Harry Potter theme... Voldemort in the middle."

Et voilà — on June 25, 2019 The OP announced the Q4 2019 release of Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising, a 2-4 player game that plays in 45-90 minutes. If you've played Thanos Rising, then you'll have some idea of how this game plays; if not, here's a description for you:

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Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising captures the difficulties and terrors Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger face during their fifth year at Hogwarts as they scramble to persuade the wizarding world of Voldemort's return.

In Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising, each player must assemble teams of witches and wizards from the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, and Hogwarts to fight against the growing threat of the Dark Lord. Starting with either Harry Potter or Hermione Granger representing Dumbledore's Army, Minerva McGonagall or Albus Dumbledore from Hogwarts, or Nymphadora Tonks or Sirius Black from the Order of the Phoenix, players will be able to rally a variety of year-5 characters to their cause, such as Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Alastor Moody, Mrs. Norris, Severus Snape, and Rubeus Hagrid. The collective armies and players must then work together to stop the spread of dark influence throughout the wizarding world.

Players have to battle Dark Wizards Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, and others who bear the dark mark for control of key wizarding world locations, including the Ministry of Magic, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade Village. To be successful, players must vanquish Voldemort's Death Eaters and eventually defeat You-Know-Who before they corrupt and take control the wizarding world.
Board Game: Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising

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