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