20Q Harry Potter
Hold onto your Nimbus 2000! The popular, mind reading 20Q electronic game from Radica now allows you to square off on all things Harry Potter. Major house points if you can outsmart the artificial intelligence gizmo on people, places, and things from all seven of the Harry Potter books.
Simply think of something related to the wizard’s world and then give honest answers to 20 questions that the game asks. Answering yes, no, unknown, or sometimes to each question prompts another query or a guess by the device. If you choose an obscure enough person, place, or item, you just might beat the game.
Designed to look like a golden snitch, the round game has a built-in light for indoor or nighttime play, a trans-reflective screen for easy-to-read question taking, and is lightweight and portable so you can play anywhere. It even has removable “wings” that you can put on the device when it’s resting on its included display stand. So if you think you can score Outstanding (or even Exceeds Expectations) on your OWLs in topics ranging from Hogwarts School to Hogsmeade Station and from the International Quidditch Cup to the Ministry of Magic and more, then put on your Sorting Hat and pick up 20Q Harry Potter.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Love it!!
I bought this toy for my son for Christmas, we are both big Harry Potter fans. I will be the first to admit that when I bought it, I couldn’t wait to try it out myself. Since I have read all the books more than once, I tried to think of the most obscure thing for the game to guess every time I played. I have not stumped this game since the first few times I played, and I stumped it then only because I wasn’t giving the best answers to the questions. It sometimes takes a little more than 20 questions, but not more than 25. The game throws in some amusing boasts while it’s questioning, and that makes it a little more fun.
The only negative for the 20Q games (all of them, from what I’ve read) is that you may not feel like you know the best answer to the question it gives you. Choose your “answer” with that in mind. You need to know a bit about your person, place or thing before you choose. Sometimes it doesn’t matter, and the game guesses correctly anyways, other times you will stump the game.
If you are a Harry Potter fan, you will definitely get a kick out of this game. My son and I love it. I am constantly amazed when it comes up with the right answer.
5 Stars Best Harry Potter Toy!
It’s a great toy to play in the car or waiting quietly. I have two boys. One has read ALL the books and seen the movies the other is on his third book. They played it several times and 20Q Harry Potter was only stumped once or twice! The only “wish” was that the wings were either made of better quality material or permanent. Other than that….lots of fun!
5 Stars Hours of fun!
This is by far one of the best Harry Potter toys out there. It really is amazing how much fun you can have playing. It’s perfect to play by yourself or with a group!
4 Stars harry potter
i love this 20q so much. its so much fun and it has all of the harry potter books into this.
3 Stars Toy is fine for HP fans
The toy is fine and fun for a true HP fan. The player needs to know all the characters well to be able to play the game for any real length of time. The wrong character may be guessed, which is frustrating, as some of the questions can be taken more than one way and cause you to answer incorrectly. For example, “are they dark?” Is the question: dark-haired? dark-skinned? dark as in moody? dark as in dark arts?, etc. Some of the “comments” made by the game are corny but, it is meant to appeal to a select audience. Also, “wings” are fragile; we leave them off of the game.
