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
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Francesco Testini
Monza
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Florian Maas
Hanau
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
David Spada
BORGHI
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Robert Lovell
Köln
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Tobias Tesar
München
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Andreas Molter
Borken
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Thomas Weber
München
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Martyn F
Nuenen
Justin Müller
Mainz
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Citie Lo
Berlin
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Till Teenck
Berlin
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Eike Jung
Köln
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Markus Haberbosch
München
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Michael Palm
Tengen
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Luca Maragno
Milano
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Tom Werneck
Haar
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Arpad Fritsche
München
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Max Philipp
Berlin
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Reiner Knizia
München
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Aaron Haag
München
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Dean Morris
London
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Alexander Rein
Diez
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Martin Ebel
Kassel