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
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Justin Müller
Mainz
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Andreas Molter
Borken
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
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Bad Pyrmont
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Sala Baganza
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
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Salzburg
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Firenze
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Gerhard Hecht
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Simona Greco
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Köln
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Unterhaching
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
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Eext
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Bad Waldsee
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
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Hückelhoven
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Till Teenck
Berlin
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
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Büdingen
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Mainz
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Hildesheim
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Dean Morris
London
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
David Spada
BORGHI
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
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Regensburg
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Martin Pflieger
Gera
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Lüneburg
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Charvensod
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Lüneburg
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Berlin
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Tübingen
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Kaisheim
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Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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Brackenheim
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
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Konstanz
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Den Haag
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Bern
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Schmelz
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Püttlingen/Saar
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Leiden
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Mannheim
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
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Trieste
Aaron Haag
München
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Eike Jung
Köln
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
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Koblenz
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
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Offenburg
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
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Göttingen
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Meerbusch
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Milano
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Rheine
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Konstanz
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trebisacce
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Heiligenhaus
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Winnenden
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Wellheim
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Torino
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Rome
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Mannheim
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
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Herzhorn
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Pulheim
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Köln
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Berlin
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Bietigheim-Bissingen
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
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Berlin
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
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Saarbrücken
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Roma
Citie Lo
Berlin
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
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Lünen
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Copenhagen
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
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Teltow
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
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Benavente
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
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Fucecchio
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
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Kiel
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Spalt
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Firenze
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Röthlein
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Madrid
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Lähden
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
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München
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Saronno
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Bremen
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Bremen
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Kassel
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Zutphen
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Düsseldorf
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
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Frankfurt
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Moosach
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Dortmund
Tom Werneck
Haar
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Untermeitingen
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Bad Endorf
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Milano
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Essen
Martyn F
Nuenen
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Alex Taube
Oberursel
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Kandern
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Thermi
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Zülpich
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Neuss
Robert Lovell
Köln
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
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Bielefeld
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Algermissen (Hannover)
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Florian Maas
Hanau
Thomas Weber
München
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Mozzanica
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Tobias Tesar
München
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Treviso
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
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Andreas Bungert
Bonn
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Hamburg
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Nicko Böhnke
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Kaiserslautern
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Friedrichshafen
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
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Odenthal
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
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Tragwein
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Diez
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Reiner Knizia
München
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Max Philipp
Berlin
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Michael Palm
Tengen
Francesco Testini
Monza
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen