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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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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

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Robert Lovell

Köln

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Florian Maas

Hanau

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Andreas Molter

Borken

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Francesco Testini

Monza

Martin Student

Göttingen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Dean Morris

London

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Aaron Haag

München

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Tom Werneck

Haar

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Tobias Tesar

München

Walter Obert

Piossasco

David Spada

BORGHI

Martyn F

Nuenen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Michael Palm

Tengen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Till Teenck

Berlin

Eike Jung

Köln

Thomas Weber

München

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Moritz Schuster

Herne

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Luca Maragno

Milano

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jan Werner

Zolling

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Reiner Knizia

München

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Alexander Rein

Diez

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome