Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!

Learn more about

About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself

Watch the video

FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Learn more about

Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too

Learn more about

... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"

Learn more about

Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing

Learn more about

News

Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026

The Jury "Spiel des Jahres e.V." association announced this year's nominations and recommendation lists on May 19, 2026. Three games each were nominated for "Spiel des Jahres", "Kinderspiel des Jahres" and "Kennerspiel des Jahres".

Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

Registration for the 44th Game Designers' Meeting in Göttingen on June 6 and 7, 2026, opened on April 20, 2026. Within just a few hours, all 152 tables were booked.

This year, the meeting will once again take place at the Sheddachhalle in Göttingen. The event is organized by the Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V. (SAZ) and the City of Göttingen – Department of Culture. Publishing representatives are cordially invited to attend. Of course, members of the press are also very welcome.

All information and the online registration form are available via this direct link or under CURRENT EVENTS on this website.

More news

We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig

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

75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!

Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors

Success for TTGDA in the “Ace of Spades” case

Show all news ...

Events

Jun

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2026 - Designer tables are sold out

Saturday, 06.06.2026–07.06.2026

Jul

Berlin Brettspiel Con 2026

Friday, 10.07.2026–12.07.2026

Jul

Spielefest Wien

Saturday, 11.07.2026–12.07.2026

Oct

SPIEL 2026

Thursday, 22.10.2026–25.10.2026

Show all events ...

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

Learn more

Game authors/designers

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

Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026

Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

More news

We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig

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

75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!

Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors

Success for TTGDA in the “Ace of Spades” case

Events

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2026 - Designer tables are sold out

Berlin Brettspiel Con 2026

Spielefest Wien

SPIEL 2026

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITYAND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS

Game authors/designers

Bettina Katzenberger

Lena Flottow

Michael Modler

Tobias Scholz

Sophia Wagner

Richi Haarhoff

Fabiano Onça

Stefan Freund

Carlo A. Rossi

Christos Giannakoulas

Sven Seelinger

Jörg von Rüden

Paul Schulz

Carlo Camarotto

Helmut Ortlepp

Andrea Robbiani

Alexander Rein

Lukas Setzke

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Anja Klein

Robert Brouwer

Markus Hagenauer

Christine Gnan

Niels Hoffmann

Isabelle Laue

David-Lennart Sturz

Bruce Whitehill

Lucien Geelhoed

Silvano Sorrentino

Rainer Schlichtholz

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Peter-Paul Joopen

Patrick Pohlmann

Thomas Hög

Matteo Sassi

Peter Ratschiller

Andrea Vitali

Alan Paull

Patrick Katona

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Ulrich Blum

Tom Werneck

Sandra Niemeyer

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Stefanie Fasora

Andreas Steding

Martin Schlegel

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Kirsten Hiese

Florian Racky

Jonathan Linke

Juri Alexander

Colin Dömer

Jeffrey Allers

Gabriele Ausiello

Bernhard Weber

Dominik Schönleben

Christian Beiersdorf

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS