How to Play Harry Potter: Catch the Golden Snitch

[@spiralbuddy]

Thanks for the explanation on how to play. I like how it was condensed but informative. 😊

[@GameLikeAMother]

Quick and to the point is the goal! So glad this was helpful 😁

[@lindsaygonzalez7787]

Went through multiple videos until we found yours! Quick, informative. Didn't have to sit around and listen to nonsense. Thank you!

[@GameLikeAMother]

I’m all about getting to the necessary info as quickly as possible. So glad my video was helpful!

[@JuanelosLibre]

After watching the video and reading through all of the questions and answers I’m starting to get it. Thank you.

[@GameLikeAMother]

So glad this was helpful! Enjoy the game!

[@hobistinyheartbag]

I wanted this game so much then I remembered I have no friend to play with-

[@GameLikeAMother]

Haha! Clearly if you have such a cool game everyone will want to be your friend 😉

[@danaellis6964]

These were the best directions. TY so much

[@heatherglasser3233]

I still don't understand 😕

[@razailltascoe7959]

😂

[@GoobyPlzz]

Me either

[@Mischiru-moonlight24]

Nop

[@justinneilsonn2665]

I tried playing today it's confusing

[@lyq54017]

Thanks for the video! Let say I have 5 cards on hand with 2 potions, I draw 1 more card of potion. Do I discard 3 potions or 3 potions and another card since I’m having 6 cards on hand?

[@Flygon_Playz]

What do you do if you cant play down a set using any of the cards in your hand

[@HarryPotterEdits_03]

Thanks for telling em how to play I’m playing with my family right now and they love it 😊😊

[@GameLikeAMother]

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@user-qk7jb3ot7c]

It is an interesting game, especially the popping up part. Imagine riding a broomstick meanwhile being influenced by evil magic and catching a flying golden snitch. What we are doing seems too easy^.^

[@almag23]

Hi, Tank you for the explanation of the rules. We got this game as a gift and all the rules are in greek 😅. Few things I didnt understand, 1. If 2 players put the keeper at the same time who gets the koffel? 2. If the one who press the bludger DONT catch the snitch - the other players can? Meaning kind of fighting over it? 3. Is a player can choose which pack to get the new cards from, what's left from HIS original 12 or from his friend's discarded cards. ? And because this is special game in which everbody play at the same time I wish someone would video it one or twice 😁 Big Thanks !

[@GameLikeAMother]

Great questions! 1) In the rare event 2 players get the Keeper at the same time it’s a grab for the Quaffle. One person will grab it and then the next person will grab it from them and now they are the person protected by the Quaffle. 2) It’s super duper a free for all for the golden snitch at the end! Anyone can grab it. 3) You’re only supposed to draw from your own personal draw pile, which is the discard pile of the person on your left. If that runs out (the person is drawing and discarding cards slower than you) then you get to draw from either of the community draw piles in the center. And I think it would be difficult to learn the rules by watching a real game in progress. It’s really fast and it’s a lot of chaos. It’s certainly entertaining to watch though!! 😁

[@almag23]

@@GameLikeAMother ok Thanks a lot!

[@jhheadley]

You didn’t show how to tally up points. Is Is it just adding up the numbers on the cards?

[@GameLikeAMother]

The numbers on the cards is how many you need to collect in order to have a set of the item. Any set of 3 you collect is worth 10 points at the end of the game. The person who catches the Snitch gets 15 points plus 10 points per pair of Seekers cards they have collected. That’s it! It’s a pretty simple scoring system 👍

[@jamesrobinson3993]

What do you do with cards like beater and keeper after they’ve been played? Discard? Put in a discard pile? TIA

[@GameLikeAMother]

Good question - they are placed down in front of you. They don’t go in play for the rest of the game. These games are generally super fast, you won’t run out of cards.

[@jenniferjanda2190]

Great job explaining but this is the most complicated game I’ve ever tried to figure out! Wish I still had the receipt and wrapping and I would return it waste of $20!

[@GameLikeAMother]

That’s too bad! If you want an easy, inexpensive, and really fun speed game I can’t say enough good things about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza 👍

[@labuhardilladejuan]

Hello, do You have the manual of the Game?

[@GameLikeAMother]

I do, I wish there was an easy way to post a picture of it here. I haven't been able to find a copy of the rules online.

[@ehqheredia]

This game is crazy haha

[@somihari2537]

What do you do with the beater cards when you are done playing them?

[@GameLikeAMother]

Great question - you are supposed to keep all played cards in front of you. So they would just remain in front of you until the end of the game. It wasn't ever confusing when we played because you grab a bludger immediately after placing down a pair of beater cards - the same pair of beater cards was never accidentally used twice.

[@hugocarvalho1904]

The game can be played with only 2 players?

[@GameLikeAMother]

It’s 3-4 players, although we have played with 6 players and it was doable. With just 2 players the Bludger aspect of the game doesn’t work properly, which is fairly significant.

[@ZackMorris897]

This games rules sound like stereo equipment instructions. I still don’t get it. 😂

[@idontthink]

Was planning on buying it, but looks too confusing. Imagine explaining the rules every time you play. Also, the ball hitting outside and someone has to pick it up while everyone is puting cards down and drawing... And what's the point of each player having two piles? Just draw and discard cards from the main piles.

[@GameLikeAMother]

It’s certainly some happy chaos when you play. The rules aren’t too bad once you’ve played through once - we have played with younger kids and they did okay once they had a little time to figure things out. If you’re looking for a really fun but simpler speed game I would recommend Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. And there are tons of great options for Harry Potter games - Harry Potter Codenames and Harry Potter Labyrinth are both pretty great. Happy gaming!

[@carolinamesquita9294]

What happens when all the cards from your pile and the piles on the box side ends, and no one catched the snitch yet?

[@GameLikeAMother]

The cards don’t ever run out! Your discard pile becomes the draw pile of the player on your left. And the piles in the middle are just there if a player isn’t discarding quite fast enough for the rate the player next to them is drawing cards. The cards keep going around until the end bit where someone catches the snitch 👍

[@bigdougscommentary5719]

So what happens to the action cards after you use them?

[@sonjabarefield1127]

We had this same problem, the cards ran out and the snitch hadn't popped up yet. Everyone had matches... Do the action cards go back in circulation once played down?? Can you only have 1 set of 3 for each item?

[@GameLikeAMother]

@@sonjabarefield1127 Okay, I just got out my set and counted all the beater cards. There were 18 cards in the deck total and the largest number of times it took to push down the bludger buttons until the snitch launched was 7 times on my copy of the game. So it really seems like the snitch should be able to be launched before the cards run out ... you can't discard the beater cards in a discard pile because that means the next person is literally going to pick up two and immediately throw a bludger. So it really should work out whenever you play the game!

[@GameLikeAMother]

@@bigdougscommentary5719 we play them on the table face up in front of us. Good question!

[@AntonioRamirez-sh8jh]

En español porfa

[@libramom4990]

My kids and I play this, but the problem comes when all the cards are dealt everyone is placing down their doubles or triples (there seems to be alot even after shuffling several times over) so we sit there for 5 min or more while the one person just keeps getting points. So my question is do you only lay your sets down when it's your turn? and how many can you set down do you just keep going? and I didn't not know that you had to call out someone's name before throwing and you can't smack it to the same person so thank you for that. This game can get confusing and heated quickly lol. But thank you 😊

[@GameLikeAMother]

So fun that you get to play this with your kids! But I think where you're going a bit wrong is the idea of turns - there are no turns in this game, everyone plays simultaneously. It makes for some happy chaos! Everyone is drawing cards and laying sets down at the same time. Definitely zero down time or waiting for anyone! Hopefully this helps. I really like this game but yes, it definitely can become heated at times when you're playing with kids 😉

[@animofortaleza8203]

Indicaciones en español por favor 🙂

[@andrea41898]

Busco indicaciones en español por favor

[@LuisBarrios-w9f]

Me no understand

[@Thesquad382]

Most complicated game ever!