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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

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Citie Lo

Berlin

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Tobias Tesar

München

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Eike Jung

Köln

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Justin Müller

Mainz

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Florian Maas

Hanau

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Dean Morris

London

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Francesco Testini

Monza

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

David Spada

BORGHI

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Aaron Haag

München

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Max Philipp

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus Haberbosch

München

Thomas Weber

München

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Arpad Fritsche

München

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Michael Palm

Tengen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Robert Lovell

Köln

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Jan Werner

Zolling

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Till Teenck

Berlin

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Alexander Rein

Diez

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Tom Werneck

Haar

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Reiner Knizia

München

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim