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The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
The application period for the 2027 Hippodice Game Design Competition has begun. Unpublished prototypes may be submitted until 5 September 2026. Applications must be submitted digitally via the application form. The organisers will then request prototypes of the best game ideas.
More information at: Hippodice Game Design Competition
Read more … The Hippodice Game Design Competition 2027 has started
WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.
Read more … WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
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Carlo E. Lanzavecchia
As a game designer living abroad the SAZ is important to me to help with contracts, share know-how about publishers and, maybe the most important reason of all, getting to know my colleagues.
Liesbeth Bos
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Marco Teubner
I joined the SAZ because designing games is a young profession and we game designers need to communicate about our status, rights and duties.
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Klaus Teuber
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Hagen
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Weimar
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Hamburg
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Steinfurt
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Lähden
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Berlin
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Alfter
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Rheine
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Milano
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Kiel
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Offenburg
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Bonn
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Tengen
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Berlin
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Charvensod
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Schwalmtal
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Berlin
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Andernach
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ROMA
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München
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Lüneburg
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Wellheim
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Berlin
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Trieste
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Berlin
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Kassel
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Berlin
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Treviso
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Göttingen
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Neuss
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Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
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Hamburg
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Göttingen
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Mainz
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Hamburg
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Essen
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