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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

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Luca Maragno

Milano

Till Teenck

Berlin

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Tom Werneck

Haar

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Reiner Knizia

München

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Alexander Rein

Diez

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Michael Palm

Tengen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Aaron Haag

München

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Max Philipp

Berlin

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Citie Lo

Berlin

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Dean Morris

London

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Jan Werner

Zolling

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus Haberbosch

München

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Tobias Tesar

München

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

David Spada

BORGHI

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Martin Student

Göttingen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Florian Maas

Hanau

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Francesco Testini

Monza

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Arpad Fritsche

München

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Thomas Weber

München

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Eike Jung

Köln

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen