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Overview of link categories: Games + game players,   Fairs + events,   European and international game designer meetings,   Game awards and competitions,   Institutions + Organizations,   Sources of supply for game material and equipment for building protoypes,   Game pedagogy + education,   Print media and books,   Cooperation Partners,   Game companies Logo for links to the SAZ

Games + game players
A: Ludorium – Data base of the Austrian Game Museum
AUS: Boardgames Australia
A: Spielen in Österreich
BE: Bordspel.2link
D: Brettspiele-Report
D: Der Kinderspiele Blog
D: Gamemob
D: Games4Family – video, console und computer games
D: Games we play
D: Gelegenheitsspieler
D: Hall 9000
D: Luding Spieledatenbank
D: Ludopedia
D: Ludoversum
D: Michas Spiel mit mir
D: Pöppelkiste
D: Reich der Spiele
D: Rimaldo – Playground + Webnews
D: Spielanleitung.com (download of rules for German games)
D: Spielbar
D: Spielbox-Online (German website with news, forums and a large collection of links and addresses of publishers, playing groups, etc.)
D: Spiele-Akademie
D: Spiele-Check
D: Spielepizza
D: Spielphase
D: Startspieler
D: Superfred
D: Westpark Gamers
D: Zuspieler
DK: Brett’n’Board
F: JeuxSoc
F: Tric Trac – Jeux de société
I: Giochi da Tavolo
I: Gioconomicon
I: La pagina lucida die Nand
I: Loodica
INT: Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors (AGPC)
INT: Board Game Designer Forum (BGDF)
INT: BoardGameGeek
INT: Card Games
INT: The House of Cards
INT: Toy or Game Inventor
NL: Boardgamers
NL: Spellengek
NL: Spelmagazijn
NL: Startpagina – Cardgames
NL: Yvesiezi-Spieleranking
NO: Bretspillguilden
P: Ludicum
PL: Games Fanatic
PL/D: Spiellust - Polish-German Games Website
PL: Wydawnictwo Portal
USA: Board Games with Scott
USA: Boardgame News
USA: Discover Games - site with many informations for game inventors
USA: Gamasutra – site for computer game programmers
USA: The Dice Tower

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Fairs + events
A: Spielfest Wien - Austrian Game Convention
CA: FalCon Game Convention - Canadian convention for consumers and gamers
CH: Spielmesse Zürich - Swiss Game & Toy Fair
D: FamilyGames - organization for game events
D: Herner Spielewahnsinn - regional game convention
D: Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, Essen - largest consumer game convention in Germany
D: Internationale Spielwarenmesse, Nürnberg - International Toy Fair, Nuremberg
D: Münchner Spielwiesn - regional game convention
D: Spielmarkt Potsdam - educational game convention
D: Spielmarkt Remscheid - educational game convention
D: Süddeutsche Spielemesse, Stuttgart - regional consumer game convention
ES: Festival Internacional de Juegos - Cordoba
F: Festival International du Jeux, Cannes
F: Monde du Jeu
NL: Spellenspektakel
INT: International Toy Shows - Overview
USA: Chicago Toy & Game Fair
USA: Toy Fair New York

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European and international game designer meetings
A: Austrian Game Designer Meeting in Vienna / Austria (August)
CH: Schweizer Spieleautorentreffen in Vevey (May)
D: Deutsche Spieleautorentagung - game designer conference (March)
D: Internationales Süddeutsches Spieleautorentreffen in Haar  - game designer convention (November)
D: SAZ-Party – Saturday evening during the International Toy Fair in Nürnberg (February)
D: Spieleautorentreffen in Göttingen - game designer convention (June)
I: IDEAG in Piossasco - game designer convention (January)
USA: TAGIE - Toy & Game Inventor Expo in Chicago (November)

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Game awards and competitions
A: Spiel der Spiele - Austrian game award
AUS: Boardgames Australia - several game awards
A: Ludovico Spieleautorenwettbewerb - game designer competition
CA: FalCon Game Design contest - Canadian game award
CR: Juego del Año - Game of the Year of Costa Rica
B: Gouden Ludo - Belgian (Flemish) game award
D: BDKJ Kinderspieletest - award for children's games
D: Das Goldene Schaukelpferd (Toys)
D: Deutscher Lernspielpreis - German educational game award
D: Deutscher Spielepreis - German game award
D: Graf Ludo - design award
D: Hippodice Autorenwettbewerb - game designer competition
D: Jury Spiel des Jahres - German Game of The Year
D: Mensa-Spielepreis - Germany - German Mensa award
ES: Premio JdA - Juego de mesa del año en España
F: Cannes - AS D’OR - French game award
F: Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Societé
I: Premio Archimede (every two years)
J: Japan Boardgame Prize
INT: International Gamers Awards
INT: Mensa Select Award
NL: Nederlandse Spelenprijs - Netherlands game award
NL: Speelgoed van het Jaar - Netherlands game award
USA: Diana Jones Award
USA: Dice Tower Gaming Awards
USA: Meeples' Choice Award
USA: Origins Awards
USA: The Toy and Game Inventor Awards (CHITAG)

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Sources of supply for game material and equipment for building prototypes
D: Architecture supplies
D: Bedi-Holzsspiele - wooden parts
D: Edge puncher for cards
D: Farben Frikell
D: Hobbyshop Wilhelm Rüther
D: Laminating machines and supplies
D: Modulor
D: Spielmaterial.de
INT: Free Online Hex-Raster
INT: Inkscape - Free Open Source Vector Graphics Editor
INT: Proxxon - Electric tools to create protoypes
UK: Dice & Games
UK: Plastic for Games
USA: Great Hal Games

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Print media and books
A: Spiel x Press – speciality magazine
D: Branchenbrief International - professional information journal
D: Das Spielebuch von Erwin Glonegger – book in German language
D: Fairplay - speciality magazine
D: Leitfaden für Spieleerfinder von Tom Werneck – book in German language
D: Spiel & Autor – information journal for the presentation of unpublished games
D: Spielbox – speciality magazine
D: Spielmittel – journal for parents
D: Spiele entwickeln – book series from the German Game Designer Conference
INT: Boardgamestudies – academic journal in English language
USA: The American Journal of Play - a forum about the history, culture, and psychology of play
USA: The Toy and Game Inventor’s Handbook – book in english language
USA: ToyDirectory – speciality magazine

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Game companies
Spielbox online - Adressen der Spieleverlage (addresses of the game publishers)
Boardgamegeek (Publishers)

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SAZ logo for links

Logo for Links to the Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V. (SAZ) - Game Designer Association