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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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Bureaucratic Monster: Withholding Tax for Foreign Authors

Game authors who are not resident in Germany are – like all foreign licensors and artists – affected by the unsatisfactory procedure for exemption from and reimbursement of withholding tax. The SAZ has once again submitted proposals to reduce bureaucracy.

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Game authors/designers

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Jan Werner

Zolling

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Reiner Knizia

München

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Arpad Fritsche

München

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Eike Jung

Köln

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Stefan Freund

Gauting

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Martyn F

Nuenen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Florian Maas

Hanau

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

David Spada

BORGHI

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Max Philipp

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Luca Maragno

Milano

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Tom Werneck

Haar

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Michael Palm

Tengen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Andreas Molter

Borken

Till Teenck

Berlin

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Thomas Weber

München

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Dean Morris

London

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Tobias Tesar

München

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Martin Student

Göttingen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Francesco Testini

Monza

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Aaron Haag

München

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Citie Lo

Berlin

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar