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
WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.
Read more … WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
Game of the Year 2026: Award Winners
“Spiel des Jahres 2026” is Dito! by Martin Ang (Game Factory), while Rebirth by Reiner Knizia (Frosted Games / Mighty Boards) was named “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2026.” The “Kinderspiel des Jahres 2026” award went to Die Insel der Mookies by Florian Sirieix (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué).
More news
Withholding Tax Relief: Statement from German Cultural and Creative Industry Associations
Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026
Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026
We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig
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
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
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Stefan Bernhardt
Leipzig
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Aaron Haag
München
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Reiner Knizia
München
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Sebastian Schleier
München
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Alexander Rein
Diez
Mileena Neumeister
Gütersloh
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Colin Morgan
Karlsruhe
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Markus Haberbosch
München
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Roberto Tschirner
Denkte
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Uwe Rapp
Erdmannhausen
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Luca Maragno
Milano
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Justin Müller
Mainz
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Thomas Weber
München
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Mauro Vitali
Bergamo
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Jeroen Geenen
Ede
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Dean Morris
London
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Michael Palm
Tengen
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Florian Maas
Hanau
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Eike Jung
Köln
Carlo Molinari
ROMA
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Tillmann Dönicke
Göttingen
Manuel David Koch
Buxtehude
Sven Seelinger
Östringen
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Andreas Molter
Borken
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
David Spada
BORGHI
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Christian Stoll
Treuchtlingen
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Till Teenck
Berlin
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Tom Werneck
Haar
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Robert Lovell
Köln
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Claude Weber
Roullingen
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Francesco Testini
Monza
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Tobias Tesar
München
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Arpad Fritsche
München
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Citie Lo
Berlin
Mauro Teragnoli
Guidonia Montecelio
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Max Philipp
Berlin
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Fabiano Onça
São Paulo
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Martyn F
Nuenen
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Thies-Benedict Lüdtke
Uelzen
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Peter Ogurzow
Oberstaufen
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Lena Flottow
Emmendingen
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Rocky Bogdanski
Strausberg
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Vincenzo Autuori
Agropoli
Carlo Camarotto
Padova