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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

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Christian Stoll

Treuchtlingen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Max Philipp

Berlin

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Florian Maas

Hanau

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Roberto Tschirner

Denkte

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

David Spada

BORGHI

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Tom Werneck

Haar

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Aaron Haag

München

Citie Lo

Berlin

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Fabiano Onça

São Paulo

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Stefan Müller

Niederkassel

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Reiner Knizia

München

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Lucas Stark

Kirchheim unter Teck

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Tobias Tesar

München

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Michael Palm

Tengen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Robert Lovell

Köln

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Francesco Testini

Monza

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Andreas Molter

Borken

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Max Scharf

Kaarst

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Simon Kösters

Lünen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Markus Haberbosch

München

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Eike Jung

Köln

Thomas Weber

München

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Till Teenck

Berlin

Dean Morris

London

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Luca Maragno

Milano

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Jeroen Geenen

Ede

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Nils Carstensen

Wangen