Probably your first thought when you heard about the Harry Potter escape room was whether you need to be a fan of the series to manage here. We had the same dilemma. Short answer: no. Long answer: you can enter the room without having read a single book or ever heard of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This was also the case for 50% of our team. But if you're the type who knows by reflex how many Bertie Bott flavors you can find in a bag, you'll enjoy it even more – every detail will tickle your fan curiosity.
The puzzles are also taken from the School of Magic. You wave wands, mix potions, murmur incantations and snap your fingers (and sometimes pretend you know what you're doing). They're well connected to the story, of medium to high difficulty and most importantly, they don't take you out of the atmosphere. The entire room is automated, without any functionality problems. For us it was a good balance of challenge-reward.
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