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

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WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia

The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.

Game of the Year 2026: Award Winners

“Spiel des Jahres 2026” is Dito! by Martin Ang (Game Factory), while Rebirth by Reiner Knizia (Frosted Games / Mighty Boards) was named “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2026.” The “Kinderspiel des Jahres 2026” award went to Die Insel der Mookies by Florian Sirieix (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué).

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Withholding Tax Relief: Statement from German Cultural and Creative Industry Associations

Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026

Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

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

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Oct

SPIEL 2026

Thursday, 22.10.2026–25.10.2026

Nov

Spielwiesn

Friday, 06.11.2026–08.11.2026

Mar

Campus Spielkultur 2027

Friday, 12.03.2027–14.03.2027

Jun

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2027

Saturday, 12.06.2027–13.06.2027

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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

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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

WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia

Game of the Year 2026: Award Winners

More news

Withholding Tax Relief: Statement from German Cultural and Creative Industry Associations

Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026

Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

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

Events

SPIEL 2026

Spielwiesn

Campus Spielkultur 2027

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2027

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITYAND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS

Game authors/designers

Jürgen Elias

Peer Thies

Rita Modl

Torben Ratzlaff

Violetta Leitner

Johannes Fähndrich

Daniel Bernsen

Markus von der Heyde

Lucien Geelhoed

Martyn F

Claudia Ritzinger

Jürgen Then

Roberto Tschirner

Luca Fanni

Thilo Hutzler

Jürgen Aden

Rocky Bogdanski

Jürgen Adams

Nils Carstensen

Thomas Daum

Aaron Haag

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Stefan Kloß

Bert Weverling

Simona Greco

Michael Modler

Matteo Casali

Dirk Andreas Taube

Thies-Benedict Lüdtke

Lucas Stark

Andreas Molter

Matthias Cramer

Luís Dinis

Arnold Reisse

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Jochen Knittel

Juri Alexander

Michael Feldkötter

Barbara Schröders

Kaddy Arendt

Carlo A. Rossi

Marco Canetta

Volker Nebel

Anna Oppolzer

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Janet Kneisel

Dominik Schönleben

Stefan Bernhardt

Andrea Mainini

Deren Gündogdu

Matthias Goebel

Richard Lenherr

Peter Ratschiller

Gabriele Ausiello

Klemens Luger

APEX Ideenschmiede

Jens-Peter Schliemann

David Betzing

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS