Never a Lack of Ideas

Conjuring up the Spectacular The Harry Potter edition of the classic board game Clue is fantastic because it exceeded my expectations. Even fans of Clue who have never read a Harry Potter book or seen a movie will enjoy this new take on the game because it’s something new. It’s original. A Major Makeover Parker Brothers, the game’s manufacturer, could have simply created a Clue game in which: the suspects are characters from the Harry Potter series the weapons are spells the rooms are located in Hogwarts – the school for witchcraft and wizardry That would have been enough to sell the game to thousands of Harry Potter fans, but Clue fans wouldn’t have been excited about the game. Parker Brothers chose to go above and beyond a simple facelift of the game, and they actually spent time thinking about how to improve the game by adding twists from the Harry Potter series. The resulting game is more fun to play than the original Clue, and will sell far better than the simple facelift would...