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
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Aaron Haag
München
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
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trebisacce
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
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Milano
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Enrico Gandolfo
Bologna
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Roma
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Hamburg
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
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Lauf
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Nandlstadt
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
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Bilthoven
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Andreas Molter
Borken
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Michael Palm
Tengen
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Markus Haberbosch
München
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Martyn F
Nuenen
Anja Wrede
Berlin
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
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Köln
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
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Trieste
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Frankfurt am Main
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
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Berlin
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
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Stuttgart
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Citie Lo
Berlin
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Aubstadt
Eike Jung
Köln
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Villa Estense
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Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
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Mannheim
David Spada
BORGHI
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
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Hamburg
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
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Sunnyvale
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Thomas Weber
München
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Florian Maas
Hanau
Kirsten Hiese
Porta Westfalica
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
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Bielefeld
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Kelkheim
Stefan Freund
Gauting
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Milano
Tom Werneck
Haar
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Roullingen
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Padova
Matthias Cramer
Essen
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Leiden
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Zwickau
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Einhausen
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Bülach
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Herzhorn
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Bremen
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Dortmund
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Piossasco (TO)
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Eext
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Leo Colovini
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Max Philipp
Berlin
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
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Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Justin Müller
Mainz
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Robert Lovell
Köln
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Till Teenck
Berlin
Luca Maragno
Milano
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Kiel
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Matthias Goebel
Unna
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Hamburg
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Dean Morris
London
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
Francesco Testini
Monza
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Friedrichshafen
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Veronika Graf
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Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
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Braunschweig
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
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Weimar
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David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
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Tragwein
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Spalt
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
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Unterhaching
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Flensburg
Arpad Fritsche
München
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
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Wien
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Pulheim
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
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Hamburg
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Hannover
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Copenhagen
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Röthlein
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Tübingen
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Göttingen
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Bonn
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Kaisheim
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Hamburg
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Saarbrücken
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Volker Cullmann
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Niederkassel
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Roma
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Köln
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Berlin
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
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Quickborn
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Recklinghausen
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Berlin
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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Lehesten
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St.Wendel
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Paul Schulz
Berlin
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Alexander Rein
Diez
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Reiner Knizia
München
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln