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Match the publisher’s printed English terms to the wiki’s consistent Chinese names, and distinguish similarly named pieces and actions.

English labels are checked against the cited publisher rulebook pages. Chinese labels and short explanations are this wiki’s editorial translations, not an official Chinese edition. Singular and plural English forms identify the same component type.

Official source reviewed: · 35 verified term pairs

Distinguish before applying a rule

House Marker ≠ Hogwarts Token

House Markers track bumps and set collection. Hogwarts Tokens match card categories and grant a later extra Explore. “学院标记” is reserved for House Marker in this wiki.

Explore action ≠ Explore card

The Main Action plays a card. The House Starter card named Explore has a printed 2 + 2 movement value and no extra effect; its title does not grant another action.

Protected Area ≠ Protective Spell

A Protected Area is a blue-shield space prohibited to Dark Arts. Protective Spells are one obstacle type, which Dark Arts can cross under its general movement rule.

Components and tracks

House Marker

学院标记

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A house-specific marker taken after a bump. Collecting every participating House’s marker advances the Dark Arts Marker, then the markers are returned.

Lookup forms:House Markers · 学院徽记

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 9 ↗p. 20 ↗

Hogwarts Token

霍格沃茨类别标记

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One of seven card-category tokens. An earlier-turn token and a matching hand card permit an extra Explore; each House player can hold only one token in total.

Lookup forms:Hogwarts Tokens · 霍格沃茨标记 · 学科标记

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 11 ↗p. 14 ↗p. 17 ↗

Dark Arts Marker

黑魔法指示物

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The single piece that moves along the Dark Arts Path. It indicates the current space; it is not one of the three victory tokens.

Lookup forms:黑魔法轨道标记 · 黑魔法标记

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 7 ↗p. 22 ↗

Dark Arts Progress Tokens

黑魔法进度标记

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The white Giant, orange Acromantula and red Dementor tokens. Dark Arts victory requires all three together with the Location Card’s pawn condition.

Lookup forms:Progress Token · 黑魔法进度标记物 · 进展标记

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 7 ↗p. 22 ↗p. 23 ↗

Dark Arts Path

黑魔法路径

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The Side Board path with white, orange and red zones, Event Spaces and the final space. The Dark Arts Marker advances on this path.

Lookup forms:Dark Path · 黑魔法轨道

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 7 ↗p. 22 ↗

Hogwarts Loyalty Track

霍格沃茨忠诚轨道

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A separate track for House pawns. Its position governs Dark Detector ownership and whether the Room of Requirement is revealed.

Lookup forms:Loyalty Track · 忠诚度 · 忠诚轨道

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 7 ↗p. 18 ↗p. 19 ↗

Defence Shield

防御盾

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A House victory component exchanged for a Book, a Scroll and the third item printed on that shield. Any two win for that House player.

Lookup forms:Defence Shields · Defense Shield · 防御护盾 · 盾牌

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 5 ↗p. 11 ↗p. 23 ↗

Library Book Card

图书馆书籍卡

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A shield component taken at the Library. Resolve its effect and resulting effects immediately; a House player may hold one.

Lookup forms:Library Book · 书籍卡

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 5 ↗p. 11 ↗

Parchment Scroll

羊皮纸卷轴

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A shield component earned by meeting two House Location Card areas simultaneously, then returning the corresponding cards.

Lookup forms:Parchment Scrolls · 卷轴

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 12 ↗p. 17 ↗

Dumbledore’s Army Coin

邓布利多军硬币

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Also printed as D.A. Coin. Enter the revealed Room of Requirement to take one; it pays for the shield type bearing the coin symbol.

Lookup forms:D.A. Coin · DA Coin · 军团硬币 · DA硬币

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 5 ↗p. 12 ↗p. 19 ↗

Main Board

主棋盘

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The adapted Hogwarts map where pawns move. It is separate from the Side Board tracks and personal Player Boards.

Lookup forms:主地图

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 6 ↗

Side Board

副棋盘

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Contains the Dark Arts Path, Loyalty Track and shared card areas. The wiki uses one Chinese name for this board.

Lookup forms:侧板 · 辅助棋盘

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 7 ↗

House Player Board

学院玩家板

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A House player’s personal board, including spaces for their Draw Deck, Discard Pile and held components.

Lookup forms:House Player Boards · 学院个人板

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 9 ↗

Dark Arts Player Board

黑魔法玩家板

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The Dark Arts player’s personal board, separate from the Main Board and Side Board.

Lookup forms:黑魔法个人板

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 4 ↗p. 8 ↗

Actions

Main Action

主行动

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Choose one each turn. House players choose Explore, Learn or Replenish; Dark Arts chooses Explore or Replenish.

Lookup forms:Main Actions

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 16 ↗p. 20 ↗

Free Action

自由行动

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An additional House action that still has its stated conditions. The rulebook lists Use a Hogwarts Token and Gain a Parchment Scroll.

Lookup forms:Free Actions · 免费行动

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 17 ↗

Explore

探索

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Play a hand card and resolve its movement and/or effect. Explore is also the name of a separate House Starter card; the action and card are not interchangeable.

Lookup forms:Explore Action · 探索行动

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 13 ↗p. 16 ↗p. 20 ↗

Learn

学习

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House-only Main Action to acquire a card by discarding hand cards. At least one own pawn must be outside all Protected Areas.

Lookup forms:Learn Action · 学习行动

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 17 ↗

Replenish

补充

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Refill the hand to five and stand your stunned pawns in the faction-specific order. House may first discard and must advance the Dark Arts Marker; Dark Arts may not discard during Replenish.

Lookup forms:Replenish Action · 补充行动 · 补牌

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 12 ↗p. 17 ↗p. 21 ↗

Use a Hogwarts Token

使用霍格沃茨类别标记

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Before or after the Main Action, return an earlier-turn token, then immediately Explore with a matching-category hand card.

Lookup forms:使用霍格沃茨标记 · 标记额外探索

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 11 ↗p. 17 ↗

Map terms

Great Hall

大礼堂

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The House starting space and the return destination for a bumped House pawn.

Lookup forms:the Great Hall · 礼堂 · 大厅

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 6 ↗p. 20 ↗

Protected Area

保护区域

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A blue-shield space that Dark Arts pawns cannot pass through or finish on. It is different from a Protective Spell obstacle.

Lookup forms:Protected Area Space · 保护区 · 蓝盾

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 10 ↗p. 20 ↗

Secret Passageway

秘密通道

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A marked connection usable only by House pawns with the required card effect. Passage travel costs one movement point.

Lookup forms:Secret Passageways · Secret Passage · 密道

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 10 ↗p. 14 ↗

Fly Off Point

飞离点

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With the required card permission, a pawn can transfer from one Fly Off Point to another at no movement-point cost for that transfer.

Lookup forms:Fly Off Points · 飞行点 · 起飞点

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 10 ↗p. 14 ↗p. 15 ↗

Dark Arts Deployment Space

黑魔法部署格

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An eligible entry space for an off-board Dark Arts pawn. Normal movement deployment spends one movement point; a Dark Arts pawn already there blocks deployment, even when stunned.

Lookup forms:Dark Arts Deployment Spaces · Deployment Space · 部署格

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 6 ↗p. 20 ↗

Card terms

Acquire Row

普通获取列

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The ordinary face-up House acquisition row. Learn costs one hand card to take a card here; place the acquired card on the Draw Deck top.

Lookup forms:普通牌列 · 普通获取牌列

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 7 ↗p. 10 ↗p. 17 ↗

Advanced Acquire Row

高级获取列

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Learn costs two hand cards and gives Loyalty +1. The Card Acquire Bonus Space instead costs one hand card for this row and gives Loyalty +1.

Lookup forms:Advanced Row · 高级牌列 · 高级获取牌列

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 7 ↗p. 11 ↗p. 17 ↗

Reactive Effect

反应效果

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The lightning-bolt effect resolved from hand outside the player’s turn when its stated condition is met. It resolves only the effect, then the card is discarded.

Lookup forms:reaction · 反应式效果

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 14 ↗p. 15 ↗p. 16 ↗p. 21 ↗

Narrative Text

叙事文字

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The card guide labels this separately from Card Effect. Story wording does not add an unprinted gameplay effect.

Lookup forms:背景文字 · 故事文字

Official rulebook · printed pages:p. 14 ↗p. 15 ↗

A translation does not settle an open rule

The final-hand wording, earlier Location Card pawn requirement and Conspire’s effect deployment cost remain separate open questions. Their source passages and the limits of our examples are recorded together.

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Changes affecting this page

  1. · 1.6.0
    Consistent terms, section search and two-side teaching

    Unified 35 sourced English–Chinese terms and registered all three open rule questions. Search and guide backlinks now lead to matching sections in the current language. Added card-flow diagrams, conditional Dark Arts lessons and exact movement allowances alongside the five existing House comparisons. Unknown rules, routes, card effects and future draws remain unfilled.

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