[HPforGrownups] Quidditch (the card game)

[nodigio at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 5832

In a message dated 11/15/2000 8:45:14 PM Central Standard Time, 
harry_potter00 at yahoo.com writes:


> .  Does anybody have the game, and if so is it 
> easy to play or not?  
> 
> 

I do.  They wrote the instructions just to confuse people.  It's really a 
modified form of 'War", if you've ever played that game.  Once you figure it 
out, it's quite simple.

Each player gets 5 cards and has to keep 5 cards in their hand, by drawing 
from their OWN stack (which is odd, but there ya go).  There are 3 piles to 
start the game (and it really plays better with 3 people than with the 
recommended 2):  Gryffindor, Slytherin, and the Pitch pile.  Slytherin ALWAYS 
starts the game (not fair, I think!).  The person whose birthday is closest 
to Harry Potter's gets the first Pitch (although I prefer to play with a 
separate person as Pitch).  A Pitch card is turned over - that gives the ball 
in play.  Slytherin then plays - face down - the card they want to play 
(chaser or or beater or keeper or spell, usually), then Gryffindor plays a 
card.  They both turn the cards over at the same time and the highest 
numbered card wins the set. If one plays a keeper and the keeper's card 
number is highest, then the round continues until someone scores the goal - 
which where the Pitch helps decide and keep track of what's happening - 
especially if more than one ball is in play, because players can play to all 
the balls in the air during their turn). If they are equal, they play again.  
At the end of the round, they draw cards to get back up to 5 in hand.  The 
cards determine what gets done, and the first few times, it can get slow and 
complicated.  The Pitcher has the responsibility of acting as referee, 
determining the order in which the cards are played, and who wins a round, 
and keeping track of the number of balls in play.  You HAVE to play on a 
Quaffle, but you can ignore the Bludgers for a while.  Just as the Golden 
Snitch card can be ignored if no one has a seeker in hand.

Did that help any?

Nodigio


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