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