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Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

Registration for the 44th Game Designers' Meeting in Göttingen on June 6 and 7, 2026, opened on April 20, 2026. Within just a few hours, all 152 tables were booked.

This year, the meeting will once again take place at the Sheddachhalle in Göttingen. The event is organized by the Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V. (SAZ) and the City of Göttingen – Department of Culture. Publishing representatives are cordially invited to attend. Of course, members of the press are also very welcome.

All information and the online registration form are available via this direct link or under CURRENT EVENTS on this website.

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We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig

Reinhold Wittig, our highly esteemed honorary member, passed away on April 11.

The Games Authors’ Guild thanks you, Reinhold, for your numerous initiatives, your focus on community, and not least for enriching our lives.

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Game authors/designers

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Andreas Molter

Borken

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Stefan Müller

Niederkassel

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Sven Seelinger

Östringen

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Arpad Fritsche

München

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Uwe Rapp

Erdmannhausen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Dean Morris

London

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Michael Palm

Tengen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Martyn F

Nuenen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Luca Maragno

Milano

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Kirchheim unter Teck

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Reiner Knizia

München

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Max Philipp

Berlin

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Alexander Rein

Diez

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Till Teenck

Berlin

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Tobias Tesar

München

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Jeroen Geenen

Ede

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Fabiano Onça

São Paulo

Florian Maas

Hanau

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

David Spada

BORGHI

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Christian Stoll

Treuchtlingen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Eike Jung

Köln

Josef Kirschner

Unna

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Roberto Tschirner

Denkte

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Weber

München

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Francesco Testini

Monza

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Tom Werneck

Haar

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Aaron Haag

München

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Robert Lovell

Köln

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Fred Horn

Den Haag