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40 Years German Artists' Social Insurance (Künstlersozialversicherung)

At a ceremony in Berlin on August 31, 2023, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Artists' Social Insurance was celebrated. As the German government pointed out, the Artists' Social Insurance is a unique social and cultural policy achievement in Europe. Freelance game authors also benefit from this.

Game of the Year 2023: Award Winners

The "Game of the Year 2023" is Dorfromantik by Lukas Zach and Michael Palm (Pegasus Spiele), and Challangers! by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck (Z-Man Games) was chosen as the "Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year 2023". The "Children's Game of the Year 2023" award went to Mysterium Kids by Antonin Boccara and Yves Hirschfeld (Asmodee).

Game authors/designers

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Paul Bamberger

Düsseldorf

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Gabriel Pardave

Zapopan

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Markus Schott

Bad Herrenalb

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Reiner Knizia

München

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Dean Morris

London

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Andreas Molter

Borken

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Domenico (Nick) Gandolfi

Milano

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Hamburg

Francesco Testini

Monza

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Ivan Gariboldi

Lecco

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Tobias Tesar

München

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Luca Maragno

Milano

Martyn F

Nuenen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Philipp Mölsig

Hamburg

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Michael Palm

Tengen

Dietmar Bockelmann

München

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Dennis Matthias

Oberhausen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Simon Kösters

Dortmund

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Aaron Haag

München

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Thomas Weber

München

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Citie Lo

Berlin

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Marc Rohroff

Den Haag

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss