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
In future, VG WORT will use the board game database of the Altenburg Game Archive, run by the Spielen Foundation, as an additional reference for determining library royalties
VG WORT’s use of the database of the Stiftung Spielen archive to calculate library royalties demonstrates its practical functionality and underscores the archive’s eligibility for funding.
75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
For 75 years, the Toy Fair has been the most important event for the industry – nationally and internationally. This applies to most manufacturers, publishers, retailers... but also to creative minds such as game designers, who present their latest creations there. We would like to thank the Spielwarenmesse for the generous support we have received over many years.
Read more … 75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
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
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Walter Obert
Piossasco
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Robert Lovell
Köln
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Alexander Rein
Diez
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Francesco Testini
Monza
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Tobias Tesar
München
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Tom Werneck
Haar
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Martyn F
Nuenen
Till Teenck
Berlin
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Markus Haberbosch
München
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Lucas Stark
Tübingen
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Justin Müller
Mainz
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Citie Lo
Berlin
Max Philipp
Berlin
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Enrico Vicario
Venice
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Berlin
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Tobias Thulke
Köln
David Spada
BORGHI
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Florian Maas
Hanau
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Arpad Fritsche
München
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Jerome Rank
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Taufkirchen
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
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Aubstadt
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Milano
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Milano
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Aaron Haag
München
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
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Teltow
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Sala Baganza
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Rome
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Langen
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Heidelberg
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Dean Morris
London
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Zwickau
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Thomas Weber
München
Eike Jung
Köln
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Andreas Molter
Borken
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trossingen
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
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Dortmund
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Frankfurt Am Main
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
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Moosach
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
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Bobingen
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
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Bielefeld
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Markkleeberg
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
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Bern
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Reiner Knizia
München
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
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Landstuhl
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
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Paderborn
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
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Freiburg
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
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Bremen
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MOLFETTA
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Frankfurt am Main
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Hagen
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
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Schmelz
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
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Berlin
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Michael Palm
Tengen
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main