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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

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Dean Morris

London

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

David Spada

BORGHI

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Reiner Knizia

München

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Florian Maas

Hanau

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Justin Müller

Mainz

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Jan Werner

Zolling

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Eike Jung

Köln

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Francesco Testini

Monza

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Robert Lovell

Köln

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Aaron Haag

München

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Thomas Weber

München

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Alexander Rein

Diez

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Tobias Tesar

München

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Michael Palm

Tengen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Tom Werneck

Haar

Citie Lo

Berlin

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Andreas Molter

Borken

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Till Teenck

Berlin

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Max Philipp

Berlin

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Arpad Fritsche

München

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Luca Maragno

Milano

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Markus Haberbosch

München

Máren Kruse

Berlin