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Game Designers Meeting 2021

On June 12 th and 13 th 2021, the Game Designer Meeting 2021 will take place in virtual form at which the announcement of the winner of the German Scholarship for Young Game Authors will also be made. A tutorial will already be offered on May 14 th 2021.

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Game Designers Meeting in June 2021 in Göttingen cancelled – Digital platform planned

The event is cancelled again this year due to the Corona pandemic. In consultation with the publishers, the SAZ will endeavor to create online presentation opportunities. The German Scholarship for Young Game Authors will be held this year with the help of online elements.

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SAZ: Clear position against racism and for tolerance

Spielwarenmesse: Digital product preview almost without game authors > UPDATE

SAZ Talk No. 1

Model License Agreement: Fair Conditions for Game Authors!

Zenobia Award

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Events

Jun

Game Designers Meeting 2021

Saturday, 12.06.2021 09:00–13.06.2021 14:00

Feb

Spielwarenmesse, Nuremberg > Summer Edition cancelled

Wednesday, 02.02.2022–06.02.2022

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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

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

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Game authors/designers

... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"

Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too

Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing

SAZ: A strong representation of interests since over 25 years

Games in the collection catalogs of theGerman and all other National Libraries!

Prototype ... starting to the worldwide success of our member Klaus Teuber

News

Game Designers Meeting 2021

Game Designers Meeting in June 2021 in Göttingen cancelled – Digital platform planned

More news

SAZ: Clear position against racism and for tolerance

Spielwarenmesse: Digital product preview almost without game authors > UPDATE

SAZ Talk No. 1

Model License Agreement: Fair Conditions for Game Authors!

Zenobia Award

Events

Game Designers Meeting 2021

Spielwarenmesse, Nuremberg > Summer Edition cancelled

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITYAND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS

Game authors/designers

Michael Feldkötter

Mathias Spaan

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Paolo Mori

Kirsten Hiese

Rocky Bogdanski

Matthias Prinz

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Helmut Ortlepp

Andreas Faul

Christoph Cantzler

Giacomo Sottocasa

Ivan Gariboldi

Martin Schlegel

APEX Ideenschmiede

Giovanni Franceschelli

Michael Diechtierow

Maurice Van Valen

Matthias Cramer

Jürgen Adams

Stefano Negro

Peter Rustemeyer

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Riccardo Ielo

Thilo Hutzler

Simon Kösters

Gebrüder Frei

Matt Leacock

Matteo Sassi

Thomas Odenhoven

Anna Oppolzer

David Betzing

Daniel Danzer

Frank Pukrop

Michael Modler

Matthias Greßinger

Jeroen Geenen

Ellen Schulze

Michael Palm

Hans-Peter Stoll

Andreas Zimmermann

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Alan R Moon

Martin Ebel

Arve D. Fühler

Andreas Molter

Silvano Sorrentino

Gabriel Pardave

Jan Plümecke

Fabian Zimmermann

Fred Horn

Aaron Haag

Ulrich Blum

Daniel Bernsen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Michael Kallauch

Robert Brouwer

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Jörg von Rüden

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Games in the collection catalogs of the
German and all other National Libraries!

BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS