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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

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Tobias Tesar

München

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Justin Müller

Mainz

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Martin Student

Göttingen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Andreas Molter

Borken

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Dean Morris

London

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Jan Werner

Zolling

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

David Spada

BORGHI

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Michael Palm

Tengen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Luca Maragno

Milano

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Eike Jung

Köln

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Citie Lo

Berlin

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Robert Lovell

Köln

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Reiner Knizia

München

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Till Teenck

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Francesco Testini

Monza

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Max Philipp

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Tom Werneck

Haar

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Aaron Haag

München

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Florian Maas

Hanau

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thomas Weber

München

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Alan R Moon

Syracuse