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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.

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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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Game authors/designers

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Justin Müller

Mainz

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Andreas Molter

Borken

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Till Teenck

Berlin

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Dean Morris

London

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

David Spada

BORGHI

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Arpad Fritsche

München

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Aaron Haag

München

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Eike Jung

Köln

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Luca Maragno

Milano

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Claude Weber

Roullingen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Citie Lo

Berlin

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Tom Werneck

Haar

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Robert Lovell

Köln

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Florian Maas

Hanau

Thomas Weber

München

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Tobias Tesar

München

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Alexander Rein

Diez

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Reiner Knizia

München

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Max Philipp

Berlin

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Michael Palm

Tengen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen