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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

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Eike Jung

Köln

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Luca Maragno

Milano

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Francesco Testini

Monza

Arpad Fritsche

München

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Dean Morris

London

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Reiner Knizia

München

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Martin Student

Göttingen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Till Teenck

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Robert Lovell

Köln

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Aaron Haag

München

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

David Spada

BORGHI

Michael Palm

Tengen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Tobias Tesar

München

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Tom Werneck

Haar

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Andreas Molter

Borken

Martyn F

Nuenen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Thomas Weber

München

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Max Philipp

Berlin

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Alexander Rein

Diez

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Citie Lo

Berlin

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Markus Haberbosch

München