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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

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Michael Palm

Tengen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Stefan Freund

Gauting

David Spada

BORGHI

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Aaron Haag

München

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Francesco Testini

Monza

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Reiner Knizia

München

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Martin Student

Göttingen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Dean Morris

London

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Thomas Weber

München

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Alexander Rein

Diez

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Luca Maragno

Milano

Markus Haberbosch

München

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Robert Lovell

Köln

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Tobias Tesar

München

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Till Teenck

Berlin

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Jan Werner

Zolling

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Andreas Molter

Borken

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Max Philipp

Berlin

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Martyn F

Nuenen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Florian Maas

Hanau

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Tom Werneck

Haar

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Justin Müller

Mainz

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Citie Lo

Berlin

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Eike Jung

Köln

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Julia Thiemann

Berlin