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Nothing official is orderable today. The Kickstarter crowdfund closed on 2026-07-23, its late-pledge window closed on 2026-10-09 [official, Update #18], and at our 2026-10-12 check every reward tier on the campaign page sat in an “All gone” group [official, checked 2026-10-12]. The Hive pledge-manager page still displays pledge buttons, but checkout requires a Hive account, so we could not verify it accepts new orders — treat it as unconfirmed, not as a store [second-hand + our test]. Real purchasing resumes with House of MinaLima stores in autumn 2026 and wholesale retail in 2027 [official FAQ].
How the buying window closed
| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 to 07-23 | The crowdfund runs for 23 days and closes at £1,313,755 from 10,959 backers, against a £50,000 goal. | [official] |
| 2026-08-28 | The pledge manager at Hive opens, originally due to shut 2026-09-30. | Update #13 [official] |
| 2026-10-03 | The survey deadline is extended to 2026-10-09, with late pledging advertised for anyone who missed the campaign. | Update #16 [official] |
| 2026-10-09 | “Surveys close in 1 day!” — the final public notice that late pledging ends so fulfilment can begin. A followers-only update says the same. | Updates #18/#19 [official] |
| 2026-10-12 (our check) | All six reward tiers on the campaign page are grouped under “All gone” in the rewards sidebar. The header’s ORDER NOW button still points at Hive. | [official, checked 2026-10-12] |
Every channel, checked 2026-10-12
Warning
A page that still shows buy buttons is not proof of orderable stock. Hive’s project directory even labels this project “Pledge Manager Open” — but that status covers backers completing their own surveys and support tickets, not new sales. We clicked every pledge button on 2026-10-12; each one leads to a sign-in wall, so orderability cannot be confirmed without registering an account [second-hand + our test]. Do not treat Hive as an open store.
| Channel | Status | Price | What we know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kickstarter reward tiers | Closed | £58 / £115 / £280 (historical) | All six tiers sit in the campaign page’s “All gone” group [official, checked 2026-10-12]. |
| Hive late-pledge page | Unconfirmed | £58 / £115 / £280 (buttons live) | Checkout demands a Hive account; we could not test further [our test]. Charges in GBP — its dollar figures are only approximations [official Hive page]. |
| minalima.com webshop | Not listed | — | The product URL redirects through a tracking page and lands back on the Kickstarter campaign [our test]. |
| House of MinaLima stores | Autumn 2026 | £75 RRP incl. UK VAT (base game) | Official FAQ: “select House of MinaLima retail locations starting in Autumn 2026” [official]. No on-shelf evidence at our check. |
| General retail / wholesale | 2027 | Unpriced outside the UK | Official FAQ: wholesale to retailers in 2027 [official]. |
| FroGames (Italy) | Preorder | €69.99 (indicative) | Listing exists, orders not open, page calls its own price indicative and changeable [second-hand, checked 2026-10-12]. |
| eBay / BGG GeekMarket | None found | — | Zero listings on 2026-10-12 [our check] — first boxes have not landed yet. |
If you must try today: three steps
- Try Hive with an account. Register or sign in at the official late-pledge page, then open one of the three late-pledge links (they resolve to pledge IDs 8450–8452). If a survey opens, you are in; if it reports closed, you have your answer first-hand [our test description of the flow]. Remember the three late-pledge tiers no longer include the Art Print [official Hive page].
- Ask support directly. Open a ticket at bit.ly/DOHsupport (Hive’s ticket system for this project) and ask plainly: can a new late pledge still be placed? That is the only channel that can answer definitively.
- Watch the official posts — nowhere else. Any reopening would be announced in the campaign’s updates or comments. Ignore “in stock now” listings from third parties until regular retail exists (see the warning below).
The next real channels
- House of MinaLima stores, autumn 2026. The same base game sold through Kickstarter reaches “select House of MinaLima retail locations starting in Autumn 2026” [official FAQ]. The city list circulating online — London, Edinburgh, New York, Chicago, Osaka, Harajuku, Seoul — was compiled by a third-party tracker and is not confirmed item-by-item on official pages, so treat specific cities as provisional [second-hand, checked 2026-10-10].
- Wholesale to retailers, 2027. Official FAQ: the game will be “available for wholesale to retailers in 2027” [official]. High-street game shops and the big marketplaces realistically stock it from then, and UK discounting below the £75 RRP is common for board games [our estimate].
- Leftover exclusives, someday. After fulfilment, a small supply of Kickstarter-exclusive items “may be sold at limited events, House of MinaLima locations, and activations” [official FAQ]. Treat this as a low-probability hunt, not a channel to plan around.
- One live price signal: FroGames, Italy. A listing at €69.99 including VAT exists, but pre-orders are not open and the page itself flags the price as indicative [second-hand, checked 2026-10-12].
Warning
Until wholesale retail opens in 2027, any “in stock at a discount” listing anywhere is a resale or a fake. The only official sales channels have been Kickstarter and Hive, with House of MinaLima stores joining in autumn 2026 [official FAQ].
Sources
- Kickstarter campaign, rewards, posts (Updates #13–#19) and FAQ: kickstarter.com/projects/minalima/defenders-of-hogwarts
- Hive late-pledge page (official pledge manager): hiveinteractive.net/projects/defenders-of-hogwarts-a-board-game-by-minalima-478
- Hive support tickets: hiveinteractive.net/supporttickets/project/478
- Third-party channel tracker used for the store-city list: castlecodex.com (checked 2026-10-10)
- FroGames listing: frogames.it (checked 2026-10-12)