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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

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Eike Jung

Köln

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Max Philipp

Berlin

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Tom Werneck

Haar

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Arpad Fritsche

München

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Andreas Molter

Borken

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Citie Lo

Berlin

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Francesco Testini

Monza

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Reiner Knizia

München

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Florian Maas

Hanau

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Martyn F

Nuenen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

David Spada

BORGHI

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus Haberbosch

München

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Michael Palm

Tengen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Thomas Weber

München

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Till Teenck

Berlin

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Dean Morris

London

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Martin Student

Göttingen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Aaron Haag

München

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Luca Maragno

Milano

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Tobias Tesar

München

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Tobias Thulke

Köln