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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

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Aaron Haag

München

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Francesco Testini

Monza

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Jan Werner

Zolling

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Tom Werneck

Haar

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Markus Haberbosch

München

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Michael Palm

Tengen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

David Spada

BORGHI

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Martyn F

Nuenen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Max Philipp

Berlin

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Robert Lovell

Köln

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Tobias Tesar

München

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Thomas Weber

München

Till Teenck

Berlin

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Reiner Knizia

München

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Martin Student

Göttingen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Andreas Molter

Borken

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Citie Lo

Berlin

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Eike Jung

Köln

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Florian Maas

Hanau

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Dean Morris

London

Justin Müller

Mainz

Luca Maragno

Milano

Jürgen Heel

Imst

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Josef Kirschner

Unna