Fisher-Price 42754 Instruction Sheet

Ages 8+

3 to 6 players

OBJECT OF THE GAME

Be the first to solve the mystery at Hogwarts, and you win! But be careful where you point your finger,
a wrong guess will cost you the game.

EQUIPMENT

Your Mystery at Hogwarts Game comes with:

∑ Halls of Hogwarts Game Board ∑ Green Hogwarts Cards (10)

∑ Hogwarts Dice (2) ∑ Blue Hint Cards (23)

∑ Hat Movers (6) ∑ Hunch Checklist Pad

∑ The Ghost (translucent blue figure)

Please remove all components from package and compare them to the component list.
If any items are missing, please call 1-800-524-TOYS.

THE HALLS OF HOGWARTS

CLASSROOMS – Where players can ask professors for Hints or Test a Hunch
HOGWARTS CREST – The starting place for players’ Hat Movers
GHOST’S STARTING HAUNT – The blue dot where the Ghost figure starts the game
THE GREAT HALL – Where players go if bumped by the Ghost
BROKEN PASSAGES – Gaps in the 2nd Floor Passageway that can only be patched with the correct

passage card
SECRET PASSAGES – A shortcut through Hogwarts that can only be opened with the correct passage

card
FLUFFY’S TRAPDOOR – Where the four Hint Cards revealing the answer to the mystery are hidden

until a player is ready to Point the Finger

Fluffy’s

Trap Door

Classrooms

Broken

Passage

Spaces

Secret

Passage

Spaces

Space

Squares

Classrooms

Halls of Hogwarts Gameboard

2nd Floor
Passage

Hogwart’s
Crest

The Ghost’s
Starting Haunt

The Great Hall
Space

SETTING UP THE GAME

1. Unfold the game board. Give each player a Hunch Checklist.

2. Each player chooses a Hat Mover and places it on the HOGWARTS CREST. This is a starting
space only. After the beginning of the game, players and the ghost must move around it.

3. Place the Ghost figure on the GHOST’S STARTING HAUNT.

4. Separate the green Hogwarts Cards from the blue Hint Cards. Set the green Hogwarts Cards
face down to the side of the board.

5. With the oldestoldest player as dealer, separate the blue Hint Cards into the following
piles:

Faculty Cards
Cards bordered in purplepurple are the professors who may

have caught the disobedient student casting the spell.
Culprit Cards
Cards bordered in yellowyellow are the characters that could

be the caster of the spell.
Spell Cards
Cards bordered in red red are the spell that may have

been cast.
Victim Cards
Cards bordered in blue blue are the characters that could

be the target of the spell.

6. Turn each pile face down and shuffle individually. Remember which pile the Faculty Cards
are in.

7. Draw one card from each Hint Card pile. Do not looDo not look at the cards. Place the 4 cards face
down under Fluffy’s Trapdoor out of play.

8. From the Faculty Hint Card pile, deal out one one card to each player.

9. Shuffle ALL the remaining Hint Cards together into one Hint Deck. Place the deck face down
beside the game board.

10. You should have one Hint Card. Look at it, but don’t let the other players see it.

11. Because your Hint Card is not under Fluffy’s Trapdoor, make a mark by it on your Hunch
Checklist. Do this for each card you discover during the game. Do not let the other players
see your checklist.

Culprit

Card

Victim

Card

Faculty

Card

Spell
Card

HOW TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY

Solve the mystery by guessing which FACULTY, CULPRIT, SPELL, and VICTIM Hint Cards are
under Fluffy’s Trapdoor. When you visit professors in their classrooms, you can collect a hint by
drawing a Hint Card or Test a Hunch by asking the question:

The other players disprove your hunch by showing you the Hint Cards you named that they have
in their hands. By discovering which cards are still in play, you can figure out which cards are
under the trapdoor. When you solve the mystery, race to the trap door, name the cards, and win
the game.

“Professor _______, did you catch _______ casting a _______ spell on _______?”

Faculty card Culprit card Spell card Victim card

LET’S PLAY

1. Each player rolls one die. The highest roll goes first. Play proceeds, in turn, to the leftleft.

2. On your turn, roll both dice and move toward a classroom or play as indicated. (See MOVING

AND PLAYING below).

3. In each classroom, you will visit the Professor matched with that Classroom on the Hunch

Checklist. You may either draw a Hint Card or Test a Hunch. (See TEST A HUNCH below.)
You may not do both.

4. While visiting a Professor, if any cards remain in the Hint Deck, you may Collect a Hint Card.

Draw a card from the Hint Deck and keep it in your hand. You may not test a hunch with the
same professor from which you draw a Hint Card in a single turn.

5. When you know which 4 Hint Cards are under Fluffy’s Trapdoor, head for the trapdoor as fast

as you can.

6. The first player to arrive at Fluffy’s Trapdoor and Point the Finger at the Correct Professor,

Culprit, Spell and Victim wins the game. (See POINT THE FINGER and WIN THE GAME on
last page.)