Amaranth Games, Sports and Activities
Aerocrosse: Similar to polocrosse, which is an Earthian combination for polo and lacrosse, it is a wizarding team sport played on winged horses. Known players include Gontia Grimwood, the captain of the Dorning Daemons.
Broom Racing: An increasingly popular wizard sport. Probably the oldest broom-based sport, broom racing goes all the way back to when wizards' brooms had been invented. Modern broom racing is actually as popular as Quidditch, but does not receive the same media coverage. Modern broom racing is simple, yet exciting. First, a track is selected. These normally feature canyons, rivers, etc. One famous race is the Grand Canyon N.A.W.U. (North American Wizardly Union) National. A race normally consists of 16 participants on regulation racing brooms.
Exploding Snap: A wizarding card game in which the cards spontaneously explode during games.
Fielting: Fielting is the art, practice or skill of propelling light out of a wand.
Flying Seahorse Fishing: An activity in which a witch or wizard could use a Seize and Pull Charm to fish for Flying Seahorses.
International Wizar Games of Sports: A sports championship that occurs every 6 years. The events include aerocrosse, broom racing, a decathlon (four runs, three jumps and three throws), Duelling (traditional and modern), felt ball, fielting, henting, Judati, magicless moving, Quidditch, Quodpot, swimming, venting, winged horse racing, winged horse fly dancing and the Wizathlon
Magic Ball: This is like the Earthian game of football, except you need to kick a moving ball which is hard to control and you need to kick it into the enemy goal. 20 players are needed because the ball because its a fidgety ball. Once the game went on for a year because the ball was moving too much. The Magic Ball pitch is about the size of four basketball courts in the shape of a window.
Magical Measurer: Similar to the Earthian/Muggle game of High Striker, this measures the power of a spell thrown at it. If the device is struck with a spell of enough power, the puck will rise high enough to hit the bell.
Magical Symbols Game: A game which you have to recognise and draw symbols. The Daily Prophet runs this game quite often in their issues.
Plunkball: A magical school-yard game, similar to Earthian marbles, in which a number of players stand along the circumference of a ring and use magic to push the balls of varying sizes, colours and materials out of the circle whilst trying to prevent their opponent or opponents from doing the same.
Quidditch: The most popular sport among witches and wizards. It is a wizarding sport played on broomsticks with seven players on each team. The object of the game is to score more points than the opposing team. Each goal is worth ten points and catching the Golden Snitch is worth 150 points. The game ends when the Snitch is caught or an agreement is reached between the captains of both teams. Some games can go on for many days if the Snitch is not caught (the record for the longest game is 3 months and the shortest game was 2 and a half seconds, when the Snitch was caught by rookie professional Jake Potter when he played for Magical Britain).
Quodpot: A variant of Quidditch, it was invented in the eighteenth century by Abraham Peasegood. Its the most popular wizarding sport in the Magical United States of America. Peasegood had travelled to Magical America from Magical England and, during the trip, his wand came into contact with a Quaffle in his trunk. When he took out the Quaffle and started throwing it around, it exploded in his face. They invented the new sport, using the exploding ball as the Quod. The game is played between two teams of eleven players each. The players attempt to get the Quod into the pot at the end of the pitch before it explodes, because the pot has a solution which stop the Quod from exploding. When the Quod is in the pot, a new Quod is brought out to play. Any player in possession of the Quod when it explodes is asked to leave the pitch.
Snitch Snatcher!: A board game which is kinda like Quidditch with punch-out cardboard models and spectator stands for all five houses at Hogwarts.
Winged Horse Racing: A race in which the wizards ride winged horses. There are individual races for each breed and also general races open to all breeds of winged horse. The former is the most liked because Granians are famous for their speed and in the general race, it puts the others to a disadvantage. Laurentia Fletwock is a famous competitive racer, and she also breeds the horses.
Wizard Cracker Pop-It: A wizarding Christmas game. The goal of the game is to pop as many pairs of matching Christmas crackers as possible.
Wizard Skittles: A wizarding game. The goal of the game is to knock down as many skittles as possible.
Wizard's Chess: Wizard's Chess is the enchanted version of the old board game. The pieces move of their own accord when commanded by the player. When a piece is taken, it is removed by the attacking piece, often by the winning piece violently smashing the losing piece.