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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

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Martin Student

Göttingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Aaron Haag

München

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Dean Morris

London

Till Teenck

Berlin

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Luca Maragno

Milano

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Markus Haberbosch

München

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Citie Lo

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Michael Palm

Tengen

Thomas Weber

München

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Martyn F

Nuenen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Eike Jung

Köln

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Reiner Knizia

München

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Tom Werneck

Haar

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Andreas Molter

Borken

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Jürgen Heel

Imst

David Spada

BORGHI

Arpad Fritsche

München

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Justin Müller

Mainz

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Tobias Tesar

München

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Francesco Testini

Monza

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf