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News

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

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Francesco Testini

Monza

Florian Maas

Hanau

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Till Teenck

Berlin

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Martin Student

Göttingen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Anja Klein

Schmelz

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Tom Werneck

Haar

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Max Philipp

Berlin

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Alexander Rein

Diez

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Aaron Haag

München

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Jan Werner

Zolling

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Thomas Weber

München

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Martyn F

Nuenen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andreas Molter

Borken

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Michael Palm

Tengen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Reiner Knizia

München

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Luca Maragno

Milano

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Dean Morris

London

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Robert Lovell

Köln

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Markus Haberbosch

München

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Tobias Tesar

München

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Eike Jung

Köln

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Arpad Fritsche

München

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

David Spada

BORGHI

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf