Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!
About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too
... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"
Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
In future, VG WORT will use the board game database of the Altenburg Game Archive, run by the Spielen Foundation, as an additional reference for determining library royalties
VG WORT’s use of the database of the Stiftung Spielen archive to calculate library royalties demonstrates its practical functionality and underscores the archive’s eligibility for funding.
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.
Read more … 75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS
Knowing to belong to a professional and strong community is protecting me at every step: from the first idea up to the publication.
Carlo E. Lanzavecchia
As a game designer living abroad the SAZ is important to me to help with contracts, share know-how about publishers and, maybe the most important reason of all, getting to know my colleagues.
Liesbeth Bos
The SAZ is the strong voice for a fair and cooperative partnership with publishers!
Marco Teubner
I joined the SAZ because designing games is a young profession and we game designers need to communicate about our status, rights and duties.
Antoine Bauza
The SAZ is more than just a successful advocacy. It provides authors a home and lets them share their wealth of experience. Thus, it was and is an vital component of today’s diverse and challenging games landscape.
Klaus Teuber
Without game designers, there would be no games. The SAZ brings us designers together to promote the culture of gaming so that many people can enjoy our games.
Reiner Knizia
The combined expertise of the SAZ and its members, the networking among them and the many nice “colleagues” are worth gold.
Inka Brand
I always find competent contact persons in the SAZ for my questions. Thanks to SAZ my interests towards games publishers are well represented.
Janet Kneisel
Game authors/designers
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Andreas Molter
Borken
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
David Spada
BORGHI
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Tom Werneck
Haar
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Lucas Stark
Tübingen
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Aaron Haag
München
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Reiner Knizia
München
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Till Teenck
Berlin
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Robert Lovell
Köln
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Tobias Tesar
München
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Luca Maragno
Milano
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Paco Yanez
Madrid
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Hamburg
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Florian Maas
Hanau
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
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Rome
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Markus Haberbosch
München
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Martyn F
Nuenen
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Michael Palm
Tengen
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Arpad Fritsche
München
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Francesco Testini
Monza
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Thomas Weber
München
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Justin Müller
Mainz
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Dean Morris
London
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Citie Lo
Berlin
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Eike Jung
Köln
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Max Philipp
Berlin
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Alexander Rein
Diez
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf