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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

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Citie Lo

Berlin

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Thomas Weber

München

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Justin Müller

Mainz

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Max Philipp

Berlin

Florian Maas

Hanau

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Reiner Knizia

München

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Arpad Fritsche

München

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Francesco Testini

Monza

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Martin Student

Göttingen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Till Teenck

Berlin

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andreas Molter

Borken

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Tobias Tesar

München

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Michael Palm

Tengen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Aaron Haag

München

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Luca Maragno

Milano

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Tom Werneck

Haar

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Dean Morris

London

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Martyn F

Nuenen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Eike Jung

Köln

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

David Spada

BORGHI

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Jan Werner

Zolling

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim