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
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Florian Maas
Hanau
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Tobias Tesar
München
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Till Teenck
Berlin
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Reiner Knizia
München
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Francesco Testini
Monza
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
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Haan
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Berlin
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
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Nijmegen
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Tom Werneck
Haar
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
David Spada
BORGHI
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
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Regensburg
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
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Thessaloniki
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
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Hamburg
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Markus Haberbosch
München
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Max Philipp
Berlin
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Dean Morris
London
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Justin Müller
Mainz
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Thomas Weber
München
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Patrick Katona
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Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
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Wilhermsdorf
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Aaron Haag
München
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
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Göttingen
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Citie Lo
Berlin
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
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Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Luca Maragno
Milano
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Robert Lovell
Köln
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Arpad Fritsche
München
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Andreas Molter
Borken
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Michael Palm
Tengen
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Alexander Rein
Diez
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Martyn F
Nuenen
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Eike Jung
Köln
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern