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News

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

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Eike Jung

Köln

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Francesco Testini

Monza

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Aaron Haag

München

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Tom Werneck

Haar

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Justin Müller

Mainz

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Tobias Tesar

München

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Martyn F

Nuenen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Citie Lo

Berlin

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Max Philipp

Berlin

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Till Teenck

Berlin

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Dean Morris

London

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Martin Student

Göttingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Michael Palm

Tengen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Arpad Fritsche

München

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Andreas Molter

Borken

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Alexander Rein

Diez

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Reiner Knizia

München

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Florian Maas

Hanau

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

David Spada

BORGHI

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Thomas Weber

München

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Jan Werner

Zolling

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Robert Lovell

Köln

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Luca Maragno

Milano

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen