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