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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

Thomas Weber

München

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

David Spada

BORGHI

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Francesco Testini

Monza

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jan Werner

Zolling

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Till Teenck

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Alexander Rein

Diez

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Reiner Knizia

München

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Eike Jung

Köln

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Dean Morris

London

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Aaron Haag

München

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Michael Palm

Tengen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Moritz Schuster

Herne

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Martin Student

Göttingen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Tobias Tesar

München

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Andreas Molter

Borken

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Arpad Fritsche

München

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Robert Lovell

Köln

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Tom Werneck

Haar

Citie Lo

Berlin

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Martyn F

Nuenen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Luca Maragno

Milano

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Justin Müller

Mainz

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia