Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!
About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too
... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"
Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
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.
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.
Read more … 75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS
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
The SAZ is the strong voice for a fair and cooperative partnership with publishers!
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
The combined expertise of the SAZ and its members, the networking among them and the many nice “colleagues” are worth gold.
Inka Brand
I always find competent contact persons in the SAZ for my questions. Thanks to SAZ my interests towards games publishers are well represented.
Janet Kneisel
Game authors/designers
Reiner Knizia
München
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Robert Lovell
Köln
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Eike Jung
Köln
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Alexander Rein
Diez
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Tobias Thulke
Köln
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Andrea Mezzotero
Bologna
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Aaron Haag
München
Jan Werner
Zolling
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Martyn F
Nuenen
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
Berlin
Citie Lo
Berlin
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Stefan Malz
Vechelde
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Tobias Tesar
München
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Florian Kattner
WÖLFERSHEIM
Andrea Sbragia
monsummano terme
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Andreas Molter
Borken
Martin Student
Göttingen
Till Teenck
Berlin
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Thomas Weber
München
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Justin Müller
Mainz
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Francesco Testini
Monza
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Lucas Stark
Tübingen
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Tom Werneck
Haar
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Dean Morris
London
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
David Spada
BORGHI
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Florian Maas
Hanau
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Michael Palm
Tengen
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Markus Haberbosch
München
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Bonn
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Luca Maragno
Milano
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Matthias Cramer
Essen
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Arpad Fritsche
München
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Max Philipp
Berlin
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Marcello Galli
Firenze
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica