And the winners are ……
1. Paul Jacobson Smith (USA)
2. Paulo Soledade (Portugal)
3. Tineke Velvis (Holland)
4. Peter Bellscheidt (Germany)
5. Sarunas Cesna (Lithuainia)

They are the lucky winners of a copy of our latest board game OPERA.
We will contact them today by e-mail!

For all you contestants out there: thank you so much for your entry and thank you for the many positive remarks you sent us on making this opera-themed game. We hope you will be able to enjoy the game OPERA in the near future… during one of the events or in a shop (check out the list of dealers. in your country.)
More information about distributors and shops can also be found on the Opera page at Boardgamegeek.

And the answers are ….
Of course you really want to know the right answers. Here they are:
  Q 1: Opera will be officially launched at SPIEL’09 in Essen (Germany).
  Q 2: Out of the six composers in this board game, Monteverdi was the first composer who
          wrote an Opera which was performed for the public in 1607 (Mantua, Italy).
  Q 3: The Signora plays an important role in Opera, the board game.

And OPERA can be played at ….
Come and play OPERA at one of the many events this fall. The Game Master will be demonstrating the game at SPIEL’09 (Germany), Spellenspektakel (Holland) and SPEL 2009 (Belgium). During SPIEL, OPERA will be played on a real stage with spotlights. You too can have a real red carpet feeling and a grand stage experience!! You can find the stand of The Game Master at: Hall 12, number 42. This is also your chance to play our other new games. Bright orange will light up your day in one part of our stand:The Hotel Amsterdam table.
 
Boardgamenews: how OPERA was Created in Six Parts
The designer of OPERA the boardgame, Hans van Tol, gives you an opportunity to get a good look at the development of the game in six parts, covering the more than 3 years it took him to develop the game. Several co-designers have assisted him in this process and of course the numerous testers have contributed highly to the end result. You will find backgrounds on how the elements of the game were created, characters came to live and the game evolved to the end result which will be available to the public from October 22nd, 2009. Here you can find the link to the story behind Opera: Boardgamenews. The last part will be posted just before the start of SPIEL!