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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

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Citie Lo

Berlin

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Justin Müller

Mainz

Andreas Molter

Borken

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Aaron Haag

München

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Francesco Testini

Monza

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Jan Werner

Zolling

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Reiner Knizia

München

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Thomas Weber

München

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Arpad Fritsche

München

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Dean Morris

London

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Alexander Rein

Diez

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Michael Palm

Tengen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Tobias Tesar

München

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Till Teenck

Berlin

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Martin Student

Göttingen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Luca Maragno

Milano

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Tom Werneck

Haar

Florian Maas

Hanau

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

David Spada

BORGHI

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Eike Jung

Köln

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Markus Haberbosch

München

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Richard Lenherr

Bülach