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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 Unpublished prototypes may be submitted until 5 September 2026.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.
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
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Inka Brand
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Janet Kneisel
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Dortmund
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Offenburg
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Darmstadt
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Sottrum
Mauro Vitali
Bergamo
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Schwalmtal
Florian Sixt
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Mainz
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Torino
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Frankfurt Am Main
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Rechberghausen
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Krefeld
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Kauan Jamal
Berlin
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Teltow
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Eike Jung
Köln
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Bologna
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Bremen
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Uppsala
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Groningen
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Markkleeberg
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Carpi
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ROMA
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Berlin
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München
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Sorø
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Pulheim
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Dettingen
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trossingen
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Nijmegen
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Östringen
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Ritterhude
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Bad Oldesloe
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Bülach
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Imst
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Milano
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Hanau
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Amsterdam
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Rheine
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Monza
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Griesheim
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Mannheim
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Hagen
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Heidelberg
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Zutphen
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Eext
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Lähden
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Trieste
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Langen
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Wellheim
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Bari
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Padova
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Köln
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Zwickau
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München
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Wangen
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Hannover
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Lauf
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Hamburg
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Gauting
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Düsseldorf
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Essen
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Lüneburg
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Berlin
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Campomorone (Genova)
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Berlin
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Thermi
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Mozzanica
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Essen
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Berlin
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Flensburg
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Hannover
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Koblenz
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Ede
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Nandlstadt
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Milano
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Düsseldorf
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Köln
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Rome
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Bonn
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Reiner Knizia
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Röthlein
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Madrid
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Peine
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Huglfing
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Bonn
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Mainz
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Berlin
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Haar
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Unna
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Lehesten
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Freiburg
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Tengen
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Berlin
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São Paulo
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Heidelberg
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Kandern
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Hagen
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Stuttgart
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Nuenen
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Moosach
Tobias Tesar
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Kelkheim
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Anja Wrede
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Bielefeld
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Bozen
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Wien
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trebisacce
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Berlin
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Heidelberg
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München
Sarit Quirin
Bonn
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
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Winnenden
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Frankfurt am Main
Max Philipp
Berlin
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Sankt Augustin
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Syracuse
Aaron Haag
München
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Uwe Rapp
Erdmannhausen
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
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Hildesheim
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Carsten Jansen
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Thies-Benedict Lüdtke
Uelzen
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Josef Kirschner
Unna
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Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
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Zevenaar
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
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Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
APEX Ideenschmiede
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Canegrate (MI)
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Roma
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Rome
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Reggio Emilia
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Schmelz
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MOLFETTA
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Odenthal
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Berlin
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Düsseldorf
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Amsterdam
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Berlin
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Leipzig
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Leiden
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Hamburg
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Bunde
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Stuttgart
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Kaisheim
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Neuss
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Köln
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Villa Estense
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Patrick Katona
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Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Roberto Tschirner
Denkte
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Kiel
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
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München
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Brackenheim
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Aerdenhout
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Frankfurt
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Kiel
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Gera
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Berlin
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Bielefeld
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
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Herzhorn
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Bonn
Citie Lo
Berlin
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Thessaloniki
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
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Haan
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Berlin
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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St.Wendel
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Surheim
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Hagen
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Stuttgart
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Herne
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Berlin
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Oberstaufen
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Karlsruhe
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Hambrücken
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Augsburg
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Weimar
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Hamburg
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Alfter
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Lüneburg
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Tübingen
Werner Schmitt
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