Codenames - Retour à Poudlard

The first competitive Codenames game, house vs. house, inspired by the wizarding world!

As first-year students at Hogwarts, players will be sorted into two rival houses, each with its own prefect who knows the secrets of the school's legendary grid of mysterious cards.

Compete in the Four Houses Cup

On their turn, the prefects give their team of students a clue consisting of a single word and a number indicating how many cards are associated with that word. The students must then follow these clues to explore Hogwarts by guessing the corresponding words and revealing one card at a time.

If they are right, they can continue guessing words up to the indicated number of times. If they land on a card from the rival house, a dead end, a locked door, or another obstacle, their turn ends. However, be careful not to get caught by the caretaker Argus Filch, as that would end the game and would score the rival house's victory.

Each win also earns points for their house, which can be tallied across multiple game sessions in the Four Houses Cup.

Under the surface, it should feel very familiar to existing Codenames fans, at least mechanically. Codenames - Return to Hogwarts also adds new layers of strategic depth to the classic Codenames gameplay in the form of unique asymmetric abilities.

Use the Houses' unique abilities

Each house has access to two powerful and distinct special abilities. These abilities have been designed to significantly transform the fundamentals of Codenames, offering Muggles and wizards new, surprising ways to play.

As each game features two different houses and each house will only use one of its two abilities, players can explore and play a multitude of possible combinations! Play with words, pictures... or both!