Review: Opera
Posted by James (admin) on 8th December 2009
When I first heard of Opera, the theme didn’t instantly grab me. However, it looked nice and it was getting good reports so I was looking forwards to playing it.
The players’ goal is to score points by performing Operas in different European cities and this takes money, opera houses and music. The game is played over 9 rounds and players earn income (ducats) after every round. Some points can be earned during the rounds, but the most points are scored at the end of every third round.
The game mechanics in Opera are quite unusual and took the new players (including me) a round or two before we started to understand the relationship between the different elements. Read the rest of this entry »
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