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News

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.

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Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors

Game authors who are not resident in Germany are – like all foreign licensors and artists – affected by the unsatisfactory procedure for exemption from and reimbursement of withholding tax. The SAZ has once again submitted proposals to reduce bureaucracy.

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Game authors/designers

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Thomas Weber

München

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Martyn F

Nuenen

Aaron Haag

München

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Reiner Knizia

München

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jan Werner

Zolling

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Simon Kösters

Lünen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Alexander Rein

Diez

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Citie Lo

Berlin

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Dean Morris

London

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Max Philipp

Berlin

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Luca Maragno

Milano

Robert Lovell

Köln

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Tobias Tesar

München

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Tom Werneck

Haar

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Justin Müller

Mainz

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Michael Palm

Tengen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Andreas Molter

Borken

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Martin Student

Göttingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Arpad Fritsche

München

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Florian Maas

Hanau

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Markus Haberbosch

München

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

David Spada

BORGHI

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Eike Jung

Köln

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Till Teenck

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf