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
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
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Berlin
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Thomas Weber
München
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Máren Kruse
Berlin
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Robert Lovell
Köln
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
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Bad Waldsee
Luís Dinis
Benavente
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Hamburg
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Copenhagen
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
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Heiligenhaus
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Bozen
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Bilthoven
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
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Hückelhoven
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Martin Berger
Leonberg
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Potsdam
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
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Bochum
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Campomorone (Genova)
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
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Geretsried
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Piossasco
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Paco Yanez
Madrid
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Offenbach am Main
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
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Milano
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
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Diez
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Nandlstadt
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Andreas Molter
Borken
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Arpad Fritsche
München
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Markus Haberbosch
München
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Francesco Testini
Monza
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Dean Morris
London
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
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Lehesten
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Hambrücken
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Berlin
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Martyn F
Nuenen
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Bonn
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Berlin
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Hamburg
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Berlin
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Kandern
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HUNTINGDON
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Lehrberg
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Frechen
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MOLFETTA
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Carpi
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Imst
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München
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Huixquilucan
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Bielefeld
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München
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Rita Modl
Huglfing
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Rome
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Padova
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Zolling
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Mannheim
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Reiner Knizia
München
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Andrea Sbragia
monsummano terme
Michael Palm
Tengen
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Stefan Malz
Vechelde
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Citie Lo
Berlin
Eike Jung
Köln
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Simone Löhrke
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Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Till Teenck
Berlin
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Heidelberg
Martin Student
Göttingen
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Firenze
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Justin Müller
Mainz
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Tom Werneck
Haar
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
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Stuttgart
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Andrea Mezzotero
Bologna
Max Philipp
Berlin
Tobias Tesar
München
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Florian Kattner
WÖLFERSHEIM
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
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Saronno
Gerhard Hecht
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Thomas Franken
Berlin
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
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Weimar
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Tragwein
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
David Spada
BORGHI
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Lucas Stark
Tübingen
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Florian Maas
Hanau
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl