About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself

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FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Games in the collection catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!

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Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too

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... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"

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Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2023

The Jury "Spiel des Jahres e.V." association announced this year's nominations and recommendation lists on May 22, 2023. Three games each were nominated for "Spiel des Jahres 2023", "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2023" and "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2023".

Video documentary | Alex Randolph – Director of Games

Filmmaker Luca Bitonte and game expert Andrea Angiolino dedicated this documentary to game designer Alexander Randolph on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2022, based on interviews with game authors, illustrators, publishers and experts who met and collaborated with Randolph.

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SAZ Italia: IDEAG 2023 was a success!

We mourn the loss of our founding member Klaus Teuber

Creative associations take position on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Unfinished Business: A Plagiarism and that with Full Intention | UPDATE

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Events

Jun

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2023

Saturday, 03.06.2023–04.06.2023

Deadline: 14.05.2023

Oct

SPIEL'23 in Essen

Wednesday, 04.10.2023–08.10.2023

Nov

Lucca Comics & Games (Italy)

Wednesday, 01.11.2023–05.11.2023

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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

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Game authors/designers

About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself

FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Games in the collection catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!

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

Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2023

Video documentary | Alex Randolph – Director of Games

More news

German Authors’ Rights Initiative: Call for protection against generative AI

SAZ Italia: IDEAG 2023 was a success!

We mourn the loss of our founding member Klaus Teuber

Creative associations take position on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Unfinished Business: A Plagiarism and that with Full Intention | UPDATE

Events

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2023

SPIEL'23 in Essen

Lucca Comics & Games (Italy)

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITYAND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS

Game authors/designers

Andreas Zimmermann

Luca Maragno

Marc Rohroff

Gerhard Piaskowy

Ellen Schulze

Mathias Spaan

APEX Ideenschmiede

Hilko Drude

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Hartmut Kommerell

Martin Berger

Rainer Schlichtholz

Helmut Ortlepp

Nicolas Straccia

Gerd Fenchel

Moritz Schuster

Jürgen Aden

Francesco Testini

Jörg von Rüden

Philipp Mölsig

Andrea Boennen

Jeroen Geenen

Ivan Gariboldi

Thomas Odenhoven

Matthias Cramer

Andrea Sbragia

Jürgen Elias

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Markus von der Heyde

Martin Schlegel

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Robert Brouwer

Harvey Johnston

Daniel Danzer

Stefan Dorra

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Aaron Haag

Ulrich Blum

Richi Haarhoff

Frank Pukrop

Gerhard Junker

Veronika Graf

Thomas Franken

Luís Dinis

Andreas Faul

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Wolfgang Lehmann

Mark Stefens

Bettina Katzenberger

Fabian Zimmermann

Michael Feldkötter

Paco Yanez

Jeffrey Allers

Fabio Lopiano

Alan R Moon

Leo Colovini

Silvano Sorrentino

Thomas Sing

Carlo Camarotto

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS