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The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
The application period for the 2027 Hippodice Game Design Competition has begun. Unpublished prototypes may be submitted until 5 September 2026. Applications must be submitted digitally via the application form. The organisers will then request prototypes of the best game ideas.
More information at: Hippodice Game Design Competition
Read more … The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.
Read more … WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
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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
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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.
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Klaus Teuber
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Hildesheim
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Stuttgart
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Heidelberg
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Haan
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Kiel
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Bobingen
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Trieste
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Thermi
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HUNTINGDON
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Leiden
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Bonn
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Berlin
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Essen
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Agropoli
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Magdeburg
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Thun
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Köln
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Dettingen
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Berlin
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Amsterdam
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Duisburg
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Tengen
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Mainz
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Kaisheim
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Mannheim
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trebisacce
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Hagen
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Karlsruhe
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Pulheim
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Quickborn
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Tragwein
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Legnano
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Denkte
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Bad Pyrmont
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Griesheim
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Flensburg
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Unna
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Kandern
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Ede
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Hamburg
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Offenbach am Main
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Köln
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Berlin
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Imst
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Wien
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Saarbrücken
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Leonberg
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Bunde
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Strausberg
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Copenhagen
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Östringen
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Krefeld
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ROMA
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Groningen
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Mozzanica
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Köln
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Duisburg
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Firenze
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Benavente
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Aubstadt
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Hamburg
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Aerdenhout
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Neuss
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Wangen
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Den Haag
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Bonn
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Hamburg
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Göttingen
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Lähden
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Nuenen
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
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Eext
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Kiel
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Berlin
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Brescia
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Düsseldorf
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Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
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Hamburg
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Büdingen
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Brackenheim
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Bremen
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Gauting
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Berlin
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Groningen
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Berlin
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Tübingen
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Frankfurt Am Main
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Bremen
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München
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Rheine
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Berlin
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Alfter
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München
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Milano
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Düsseldorf
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Haar
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Essen
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Peine
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