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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.

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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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Game authors/designers

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Eike Jung

Köln

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Andreas Molter

Borken

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Markus Haberbosch

München

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Max Philipp

Berlin

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jan Werner

Zolling

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Aaron Haag

München

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Martin Student

Göttingen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Justin Müller

Mainz

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

David Spada

BORGHI

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Thomas Weber

München

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Reiner Knizia

München

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Citie Lo

Berlin

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Luca Maragno

Milano

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Arpad Fritsche

München

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Till Teenck

Berlin

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Dean Morris

London

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Francesco Testini

Monza

Florian Maas

Hanau

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Michael Palm

Tengen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Tobias Tesar

München

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Tom Werneck

Haar

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Robert Lovell

Köln

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn