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News
WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on “Risk Reduction for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia” and now recommends playing board games.
Read more … WHO | Board Games Recommended as a Means of Preventing Dementia
Game of the Year 2026: Award Winners
“Spiel des Jahres 2026” is Dito! by Martin Ang (Game Factory), while Rebirth by Reiner Knizia (Frosted Games / Mighty Boards) was named “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2026.” The “Kinderspiel des Jahres 2026” award went to Die Insel der Mookies by Florian Sirieix (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué).
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Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026
We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig
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
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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
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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
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Inka Brand
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Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
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Hildesheim
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Karlsruhe
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Kiel
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Rome
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Saronno
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Ann Arbor
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Haan
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München
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London
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Schwalmtal
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Bad Pyrmont
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ROMA
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Huglfing
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Bietigheim-Bissingen
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Carpi
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Diez
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Milano
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Nandlstadt
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Treuchtlingen
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Copenhagen
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Thermi
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Oberstaufen
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Hamburg
David Spada
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Bülach
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Haar
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Göttingen
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Fucecchio
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Bonn
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
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Steinfurt
Leo Colovini
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Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
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Unterhaching
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
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Roma
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Tengen
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São Paulo
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München
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Potsdam
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Unna
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Berlin
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Salzburg
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Dettingen
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Lehrberg
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Mainz
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Venice
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Amsterdam
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Stuttgart
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Frankfurt
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Nuenen
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Berlin
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Griesheim
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Hamburg
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Gera
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Frankfurt am Main
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Köln
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Göttingen
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Stuttgart
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Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
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Uelzen
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Langen
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Essen
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Padova
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Duisburg
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Köln
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Zwickau
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Berlin
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Unna
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Denkte
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Essen
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Milano
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Freiburg
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Thun
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Berlin
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Sorø
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Hamburg
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Düsseldorf
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Peine
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
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Strausberg
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