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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

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Francesco Testini

Monza

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Martin Student

Göttingen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Dean Morris

London

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Reiner Knizia

München

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Justin Müller

Mainz

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Markus Haberbosch

München

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Florian Maas

Hanau

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Eike Jung

Köln

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Thomas Weber

München

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Matthias Cramer

Essen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Tom Werneck

Haar

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Till Teenck

Berlin

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Tobias Tesar

München

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Citie Lo

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Robert Lovell

Köln

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Michael Palm

Tengen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Aaron Haag

München

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

David Spada

BORGHI

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Max Scharf

Kaarst

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Max Philipp

Berlin

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Martyn F

Nuenen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Arpad Fritsche

München

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

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