Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!
About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too
... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"
Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
The application period for the 2027 Hippodice Game Design Competition has begun. Unpublished prototypes may be submitted until 5 September 2026. Applications must be submitted digitally via the application form. The organisers will then request prototypes of the best game ideas.
More information at: Hippodice Game Design Competition
Read more … The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.
Read more … WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS
Knowing to belong to a professional and strong community is protecting me at every step: from the first idea up to the publication.
Carlo E. Lanzavecchia
As a game designer living abroad the SAZ is important to me to help with contracts, share know-how about publishers and, maybe the most important reason of all, getting to know my colleagues.
Liesbeth Bos
The SAZ is the strong voice for a fair and cooperative partnership with publishers!
Marco Teubner
I joined the SAZ because designing games is a young profession and we game designers need to communicate about our status, rights and duties.
Antoine Bauza
The SAZ is more than just a successful advocacy. It provides authors a home and lets them share their wealth of experience. Thus, it was and is an vital component of today’s diverse and challenging games landscape.
Klaus Teuber
Without game designers, there would be no games. The SAZ brings us designers together to promote the culture of gaming so that many people can enjoy our games.
Reiner Knizia
The combined expertise of the SAZ and its members, the networking among them and the many nice “colleagues” are worth gold.
Inka Brand
I always find competent contact persons in the SAZ for my questions. Thanks to SAZ my interests towards games publishers are well represented.
Janet Kneisel
Game authors/designers
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Mileena Neumeister
Gütersloh
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Aaron Haag
München
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Manuel David Koch
Buxtehude
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
David Spada
BORGHI
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Sven Seelinger
Östringen
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Fabiano Onça
São Paulo
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Tobias Tesar
München
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Arpad Fritsche
München
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Rocky Bogdanski
Strausberg
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Dean Morris
London
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Kåre Torndahl Kjær
Aalborg SV
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Carlo Molinari
ROMA
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Angela Vögtli
Luzern
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Reiner Knizia
München
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Kauan Jamal
Berlin
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Andreas Molter
Borken
Justin Müller
Mainz
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Mauro Vitali
Bergamo
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Thies-Benedict Lüdtke
Uelzen
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Jeroen Geenen
Ede
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Florian Maas
Hanau
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Mauro Teragnoli
Guidonia Montecelio
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Arne aus dem Siepen
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Vincenzo Autuori
Agropoli
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Mathias Pechinger
Augsburg
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Juri Alexander
Berlin
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Tillmann Dönicke
Göttingen
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Martin Berger
Leonberg
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Matthias Drescher
Langensendelbach
Robert Lovell
Köln
Tom Werneck
Haar
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Roberto Tschirner
Denkte
Luca Maragno
Milano
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Francesco Testini
Monza
Till Teenck
Berlin
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Christian Stoll
Treuchtlingen
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Uwe Rapp
Erdmannhausen
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Colin Morgan
Karlsruhe
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Markus Haberbosch
München
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Citie Lo
Berlin
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Alexander Rein
Diez
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Max Philipp
Berlin
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Eike Jung
Köln
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Michael Palm
Tengen
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Sebastian Schleier
München
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Stefan Bernhardt
Leipzig
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Martyn F
Nuenen
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Sarit Quirin
Bonn
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Thomas Weber
München
Lena Flottow
Emmendingen
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Peter Ogurzow
Oberstaufen
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg