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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.

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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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Game authors/designers

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Markus Haberbosch

München

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Florian Maas

Hanau

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Thomas Weber

München

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Citie Lo

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Tobias Tesar

München

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Tom Werneck

Haar

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Arpad Fritsche

München

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Robert Lovell

Köln

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Till Teenck

Berlin

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Aaron Haag

München

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Martyn F

Nuenen

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Reiner Knizia

München

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Andreas Molter

Borken

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

David Spada

BORGHI

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Francesco Testini

Monza

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Luca Maragno

Milano

Justin Müller

Mainz

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Dean Morris

London

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Michael Palm

Tengen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Eike Jung

Köln

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg