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Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

Registration for the 44th Game Designers' Meeting in Göttingen on June 6 and 7, 2026, opened on April 20, 2026. Within just a few hours, all 152 tables were booked.

This year, the meeting will once again take place at the Sheddachhalle in Göttingen. The event is organized by the Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V. (SAZ) and the City of Göttingen – Department of Culture. Publishing representatives are cordially invited to attend. Of course, members of the press are also very welcome.

All information and the online registration form are available via this direct link or under CURRENT EVENTS on this website.

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We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig

Reinhold Wittig, our highly esteemed honorary member, passed away on April 11.

The Games Authors’ Guild thanks you, Reinhold, for your numerous initiatives, your focus on community, and not least for enriching our lives.

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Game authors/designers

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Luca Maragno

Milano

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

David Spada

BORGHI

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Aaron Haag

München

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Eike Jung

Köln

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jeroen Geenen

Ede

Tom Werneck

Haar

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Michael Palm

Tengen

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Christian Stoll

Treuchtlingen

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Thomas Weber

München

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Dean Morris

London

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Robert Lovell

Köln

Fabiano Onça

São Paulo

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Max Philipp

Berlin

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Citie Lo

Berlin

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Stefan Müller

Niederkassel

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Roberto Tschirner

Denkte

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Till Teenck

Berlin

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Martyn F

Nuenen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Florian Maas

Hanau

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Reiner Knizia

München

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Lucas Stark

Kirchheim unter Teck

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Tobias Tesar

München

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Arpad Fritsche

München

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Arjan van Houwelingen

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