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