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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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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

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Thomas Weber

München

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Andreas Molter

Borken

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Eike Jung

Köln

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Justin Müller

Mainz

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Robert Lovell

Köln

Citie Lo

Berlin

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Tobias Tesar

München

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Tom Werneck

Haar

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Till Teenck

Berlin

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Alexander Rein

Diez

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Martin Student

Göttingen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Max Philipp

Berlin

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Luca Maragno

Milano

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

David Spada

BORGHI

Jan Werner

Zolling

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Reiner Knizia

München

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Aaron Haag

München

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Anja Wrede

Berlin

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Francesco Testini

Monza

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Markus Haberbosch

München

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Michael Palm

Tengen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Dean Morris

London

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Arpad Fritsche

München