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
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Max Philipp
Berlin
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Robert Lovell
Köln
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Thomas Weber
München
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Michael Palm
Tengen
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Arpad Fritsche
München
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
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Gauting
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Verden
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Berlin
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Lehrberg
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Milano
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Thomas Klein
Schmelz
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Hamburg
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Francesco Testini
Monza
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
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Heiligenhaus
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Andreas Molter
Borken
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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Rome
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Heidelberg
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Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
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Aubstadt
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Markus Haberbosch
München
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
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Püttlingen/Saar
David Spada
BORGHI
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
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Sanremo
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Stuttgart
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Henning Schulz
Kiel
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Köln
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
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Thessaloniki
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Roma
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Roma
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Germaringen
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Milano
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Unna
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Langen
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Andernach
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Alexander Rein
Diez
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
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Fucecchio
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Offenburg
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Hamburg
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Bonn
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Hagen
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Amsterdam
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Groningen
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
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Mannheim
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Hamburg
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St.Wendel
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Montalenghe
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
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Dettingen
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Leonberg
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Anja Klein
Schmelz
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Pfinztal
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
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Ritterhude
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
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Berlin
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Aaron Haag
München
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MOLFETTA
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
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Stuttgart
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Bremen
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Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
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Saarbrücken
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Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
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Syracuse
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Heidelberg
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München
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Kelkheim
Moritz Schuster
Herne
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Kassel
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Büdingen
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Köln
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
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Frankfurt
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Hambrücken
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Eext
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Essen
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Bari
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
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Koblenz
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Duisburg
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Berlin
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Mozzanica
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
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Kandern
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Saronno
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Spalt
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Mainz
Matthias Cramer
Essen
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Hanau
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Weimar
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Kiel
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Landstuhl
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
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Brackenheim
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
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Kaisheim
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Haan
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Haar
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Legnano
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Copenhagen
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Sindelfingen
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
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Berlin
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Konstanz
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Stuttgart
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Dean Morris
London
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Hamburg
Reiner Knizia
München
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Böblingen
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Bologna
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Bielefeld
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Dortmund
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Den Haag
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Köln
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
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Regensburg
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Darmstadt
Eike Jung
Köln
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Citie Lo
Berlin
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Martyn F
Nuenen
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin