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News

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

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Robert Lovell

Köln

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Arpad Fritsche

München

Luca Maragno

Milano

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Citie Lo

Berlin

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Martyn F

Nuenen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Aaron Haag

München

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Thomas Weber

München

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Dean Morris

London

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Justin Müller

Mainz

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Florian Maas

Hanau

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Markus Haberbosch

München

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Alexander Rein

Diez

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

David Spada

BORGHI

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Till Teenck

Berlin

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Eike Jung

Köln

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Andreas Molter

Borken

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Michael Palm

Tengen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Francesco Testini

Monza

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Jan Werner

Zolling

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Martin Student

Göttingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Max Philipp

Berlin

Tobias Tesar

München

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Reiner Knizia

München

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Tom Werneck

Haar

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Martin Berger

Leonberg