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“Playing board games” in the nationwide UNESCO directory of intangible cultural heritage

The German Conference of Ministers of Culture of the Federal States and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media confirmed yesterday that 18 living traditions will be included in the nationwide directory of intangible cultural heritage – including “playing board games”. The SAZ welcomes the decision and demands consequences.

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Election test stones for the German Bundestag elections 2025

We have prepared for the German Bundestag election in February 2025 four election test stones that document our expectations, goals and positions, even though we will unfortunately not receive any official answers from the parties due to the shortened time frames.

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Game authors/designers

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Florian Maas

Hanau

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Till Teenck

Berlin

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Tom Werneck

Haar

Martyn F

Nuenen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Dean Morris

London

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Justin Müller

Mainz

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Max Philipp

Berlin

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Markus Haberbosch

München

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Luca Maragno

Milano

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Reiner Knizia

München

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Jan Werner

Zolling

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Martin Student

Göttingen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Eike Jung

Köln

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Francesco Testini

Monza

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Tobias Tesar

München

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Aaron Haag

München

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Andreas Molter

Borken

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Michael Palm

Tengen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

David Spada

BORGHI

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Thomas Weber

München

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen