Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - Tips & Strategies

While not in the printed rules, USAopoly has officially added a rule to the game that allows players to, once per game at the end of a player’s turn, clear the six Hogwarts cards from the board and refill the six slots with new cards from the Hogwarts deck.

Frequently, this clearing is used early in the game in the event that all six cards are prohibitively expensive and causing a logjam. I’ve found though that it can be just as useful when things are seemingly cruising along.

I’ve played a number of times on game 6 and/or 7 where our decks are humming along efficiently, but the Hogwarts cards on the board would nearly all be something of a downgrade compared to what’s in hand. That’s a perfect time to use the free clear if it’s still available. Bypass all the Reparo / Quidditch Gear / Essence of Dittany cards clogging the board and cut straight to the better stuff. Yes, it probably means you’re well on your way to a victory, but it makes the game more fun, and is generally preferable to watching the better cards try to squeeze through a five-card bottleneck of chaff.

Whenever Lucius Malfoy is in the villain row, unless another villain is on the cusp of being defeated, focus all of your attacks on Lucius. His effect has the ability to wipe out up to three attack tokens at a time, sometimes multiple times in one turn. By ignoring the other villains and only putting damage on Lucius, you may wind up taking hits from the other villains, but you’re not completely losing progress made on previous turns.