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