The Harry Potter: House Cup Competition board game lets players experience Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry through a worker placement strategy game. Players choose one of the four Hogwarts houses—Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff—and compete to earn the most points to win the House Cup. The game features straightforward mechanics that are easy to learn while offering strategic depth, with variable outcomes in each playthrough. Players collect magic and knowledge to complete lessons and challenges inspired by the Wizarding World. The game includes over 500 components: a game board, 4 common room player boards, 12 student tokens, 36 level trackers, 18 location cards (4 starting, 10 middle, 4 ending), 67 lesson cards (40 basic, 27 advanced), 60 challenge cards (31 easy, 29 hard), 30 knowledge tokens, 25 magic tokens, 240 house point gems, a collectible House Cup Hourglass for tracking points, a first player token, a round tracker token, 4 reference cards, and a rulebook. Designed for 2-4 players aged 11 and up, each session lasts approximately 90 minutes or more.