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About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
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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
Withholding Tax Relief: Statement from German Cultural and Creative Industry Associations
Together with our colleagues from other associations in the German cultural and creative industries, we welcome the planned increase in the tax-exempt threshold from 10,000 euros to 100,000 euros per year for royalty payments to foreign authors and rights holders, and at the same time call for further action.
Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026
The Jury "Spiel des Jahres e.V." association announced this year's nominations and recommendation lists on May 19, 2026. Three games each were nominated for "Spiel des Jahres", "Kinderspiel des Jahres" and "Kennerspiel des Jahres".
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Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026
We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig
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
75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors
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
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Mauro Teragnoli
Guidonia Montecelio
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Reiner Knizia
München
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Tom Werneck
Haar
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Eike Jung
Köln
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Florian Maas
Hanau
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
David Spada
BORGHI
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Citie Lo
Berlin
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Peter Ogurzow
Oberstaufen
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Aaron Haag
München
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Max Philipp
Berlin
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Dean Morris
London
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Luca Maragno
Milano
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Mauro Vitali
Bergamo
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Regensburg
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Uwe Rapp
Erdmannhausen
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Till Teenck
Berlin
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Thies-Benedict Lüdtke
Uelzen
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Sven Seelinger
Östringen
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Jeroen Geenen
Ede
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Robert Lovell
Köln
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Alexander Rein
Diez
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Michael Palm
Tengen
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Arpad Fritsche
München
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Sebastian Schleier
München
Martyn F
Nuenen
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Tobias Tesar
München
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Andreas Molter
Borken
Christian Stoll
Treuchtlingen
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Stefan Diddens
Peine
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Stefan Bernhardt
Leipzig
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Vincenzo Autuori
Agropoli
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Markus Haberbosch
München
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
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Weimar
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Frankfurt
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Justin Müller
Mainz
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Fabiano Onça
São Paulo
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Francesco Testini
Monza
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Roberto Tschirner
Denkte
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Thomas Weber
München
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen