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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

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Justin Müller

Mainz

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Tobias Tesar

München

David Spada

BORGHI

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Andreas Molter

Borken

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Florian Maas

Hanau

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Max Philipp

Berlin

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Thomas Weber

München

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Dean Morris

London

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Reiner Knizia

München

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Eike Jung

Köln

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Arpad Fritsche

München

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Luca Maragno

Milano

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Aaron Haag

München

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Tom Werneck

Haar

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Markus Haberbosch

München

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Citie Lo

Berlin

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Till Teenck

Berlin

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Michael Palm

Tengen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Robert Lovell

Köln

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Gerhard Junker

Urbach