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Further German news you can find here. A good news collection from many games websites, you can find at Eludique sorted by languages and themes.

2012-03-11 20:26

Hippodice Game Designer Competition 2012: The winners

Here are the awards and decisions of the 24. Game Designer Competition of the Hippodice Spieleclubs e.V. The first three places of the final round: 1. Brethren of the Coast by Brett Gilbert (UK)2. …

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2012-02-17 16:05

AS D'OR in Cannes - The Awards of 2012

In Cannes, they gave this year three main awards, because the organizers startet a new main award similar to the  German grey "Kenner-Preis": The Children's As d'Or 2012 went to Zwerg Riese by …

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2011-12-19 10:02

2011: Again a successful year for game designers of the SAZ / update-8

In the year 2011 again many game designers who are members of the Game Designer Association (SAZ) have been successful. They got an impressive number of awards, nominations and jury recomandations. In …

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2011-09-28 00:00

International Gamers Award 2011: Winners and Nominees

The jury of the IGA has chosen 7 Wonders and A Few Acres of Snow for the International Gamers Award 2011. The following games have been nominated for this award. Kategorie "General Strategy - …

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2011-09-19 12:11

Deutscher Spielepreis (German Games Award) 2011: The Winners

Winner of the Deutschen SpielePreises (German Games Award) 2011 is the game7 WONDERS by Antoine Bauza (Repos Production) On the next places of the top ten list follow : 2.   DIE BURGEN VON …

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2011-06-16 17:13

With the "Code on Matters of Intellectual Property Rights," the SAZ wants to achieve better fair play!

At its general meeting in Göttingen, the Game Designer Association (Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V.; SAZ) passed a resolution on the draft of a "Code on Matters of Intellectual Property Rights with Respect …

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2011-06-07 10:18

New executive board at Game Designer Association (SAZ)

On June 3, 2011, the eve of the Game Designer Meeting in Göttingen, the Game Designer Association (SAZ) held it‘s general meeting. At the regular end of the term, a new executive board was elected: As new members join Harald Mücke, as 1. Chairman and Dr. Michael Feldkötter as 2. Chairman. Christian Beiersdorf was reelected as treasurer.

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2011-06-06 15:53

JOGO DO ANO 2011: The Finalists

The jury of the ambitious Portuguese game award JOGO DO ANO has announced the finalists of this year: - Dominant Species by Chad Jensen — GMT Games) - Luna by Stefan Feld — Hall Games- Navegador by …

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2011-05-23 13:32

Jury Game of the Year: The nominated and recomandated games 2011

The Jury Spiel des Jahres has published the results of their first decisions this year. They nominated three games each for the following awards: Game of the Year, Children's Game of the Year and for …

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2011-04-14 11:10

Origins Awards: The Nominees 2011

The Game Manufacturers Association in the USA has published its annual list of nominations for the Origins Awards. Traditionally, the list is dominated by role-playing games. Nevertheless, e.g. Markus …

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