Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!
About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too
... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"
Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
In future, VG WORT will use the board game database of the Altenburg Game Archive, run by the Spielen Foundation, as an additional reference for determining library royalties
VG WORT’s use of the database of the Stiftung Spielen archive to calculate library royalties demonstrates its practical functionality and underscores the archive’s eligibility for funding.
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.
Read more … 75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS
Knowing to belong to a professional and strong community is protecting me at every step: from the first idea up to the publication.
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
The SAZ is the strong voice for a fair and cooperative partnership with publishers!
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.
Antoine Bauza
The SAZ is more than just a successful advocacy. It provides authors a home and lets them share their wealth of experience. Thus, it was and is an vital component of today’s diverse and challenging games landscape.
Klaus Teuber
Without game designers, there would be no games. The SAZ brings us designers together to promote the culture of gaming so that many people can enjoy our games.
Reiner Knizia
The combined expertise of the SAZ and its members, the networking among them and the many nice “colleagues” are worth gold.
Inka Brand
I always find competent contact persons in the SAZ for my questions. Thanks to SAZ my interests towards games publishers are well represented.
Janet Kneisel
Game authors/designers
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Markus Haberbosch
München
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
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Algermissen (Hannover)
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Thessaloniki
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Citie Lo
Berlin
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
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Capelle aan den IJssel
Reiner Knizia
München
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Aaron Haag
München
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Düsseldorf
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
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Regensburg
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Sanremo
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
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Frankfurt
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
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Röthlein
Paco Yanez
Madrid
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Köln
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St.Wendel
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Ritterhude
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Mannheim
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Bielefeld
Thomas Weber
München
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
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Mainz-Kastel
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
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Huglfing
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Fuerth
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Erdmannhausen
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Berlin
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Konstanz
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Berlin
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Darmstadt
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
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Krefeld
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Berlin
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Nils Carstensen
Wangen
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Thun
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Offenbach am Main
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Hannover
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Martin Pflieger
Gera
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Landstuhl
Walter Obert
Piossasco
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Groningen
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
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Heidelberg
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Berlin
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
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Bern
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Saronno
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Zwickau
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Fucecchio
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Milano
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Andernach
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Charvensod
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Sorø
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München
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Bonn
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Köln
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Sindelfingen
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Berlin
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Uppsala
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Bietigheim-Bissingen
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Unna
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Amsterdam
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Piossasco (TO)
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Rome
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Hückelhoven
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Dean Morris
London
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Sandra Niemeyer
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Lüneburg
Alexander Rein
Diez
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Till Teenck
Berlin
Luís Dinis
Benavente
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Haar/Ottendichl
Anja Dreier-Brückner
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Bremen
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Köln
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Zutphen
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Düsseldorf
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
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Recklinghausen
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
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Essen
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
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Lüneburg
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
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Schmelz
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HUNTINGDON
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Reggio Emilia
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trossingen
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Stuttgart
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Hamburg
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Stuttgart
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Moosach
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Legnano
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Kiel
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Boitze
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Kandern
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Aerdenhout
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Unna
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Surheim
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Treviso
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Berlin
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Kaarst
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Köln
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Neuss
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Firenze
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Wien
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Bonn
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Frankfurt Am Main
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Bülach
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
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Herzhorn
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Alan R Moon
Syracuse
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Hildesheim
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Peine
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Florian Maas
Hanau
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
David Spada
BORGHI
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
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Einhausen
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Andreas Molter
Borken
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Untermeitingen
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Tobias Roeser
Langen
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Bremen
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Freiburg
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Berlin
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Alfter
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Offenburg
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Steinfurt
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Nandlstadt
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Dortmund
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Darmstadt
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
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Trieste
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Bad Waldsee
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
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Bergamo
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
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Meerbusch
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
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Teltow
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
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Bari
Tom Werneck
Haar
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Justin Müller
Mainz
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Michael Palm
Tengen
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
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Eickeloh
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Köln
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
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Bonn
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
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Düsseldorf
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Kirsten Hiese
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Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
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Amsterdam
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Hördt
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Roullingen
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Wilhermsdorf
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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Berlin
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Aubstadt
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
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Friedrichshafen
Martyn F
Nuenen
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Lehrberg
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Geseke
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Köln
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München
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Leonberg
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Rome
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Flensburg
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi