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40 Years German Artists' Social Insurance (Künstlersozialversicherung)

At a ceremony in Berlin on August 31, 2023, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Artists' Social Insurance was celebrated. As the German government pointed out, the Artists' Social Insurance is a unique social and cultural policy achievement in Europe. Freelance game authors also benefit from this.

Game of the Year 2023: Award Winners

The "Game of the Year 2023" is Dorfromantik by Lukas Zach and Michael Palm (Pegasus Spiele), and Challangers! by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck (Z-Man Games) was chosen as the "Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year 2023". The "Children's Game of the Year 2023" award went to Mysterium Kids by Antonin Boccara and Yves Hirschfeld (Asmodee).

Game authors/designers

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Citie Lo

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Hamburg

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Michael Palm

Tengen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Reiner Knizia

München

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Paul Bamberger

Düsseldorf

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Marc Rohroff

Den Haag

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Martyn F

Nuenen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Francesco Testini

Monza

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Dietmar Bockelmann

München

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Aaron Haag

München

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Thomas Weber

München

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Markus Schott

Bad Herrenalb

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Markus Haberbosch

München

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Dean Morris

London

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Andreas Molter

Borken

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Dennis Matthias

Oberhausen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Ivan Gariboldi

Lecco

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Domenico (Nick) Gandolfi

Milano

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Gabriel Pardave

Zapopan

Arpad Fritsche

München

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Philipp Mölsig

Hamburg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Simon Kösters

Dortmund

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Luca Maragno

Milano

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Tobias Tesar

München

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg