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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

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Andreas Molter

Borken

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Aaron Haag

München

Citie Lo

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Eike Jung

Köln

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Tom Werneck

Haar

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Max Philipp

Berlin

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Martyn F

Nuenen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Markus Haberbosch

München

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Arpad Fritsche

München

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Alexander Rein

Diez

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Michael Palm

Tengen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Till Teenck

Berlin

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

David Spada

BORGHI

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Dean Morris

London

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Robert Lovell

Köln

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Florian Maas

Hanau

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Thomas Weber

München

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Reiner Knizia

München

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Francesco Testini

Monza

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Luca Maragno

Milano

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Tobias Tesar

München

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Jan Werner

Zolling