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