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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

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Francesco Testini

Monza

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Eike Jung

Köln

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Florian Maas

Hanau

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Jan Werner

Zolling

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Dean Morris

London

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Martin Student

Göttingen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Max Philipp

Berlin

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Anja Klein

Schmelz

David Spada

BORGHI

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Andreas Molter

Borken

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Aaron Haag

München

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Martyn F

Nuenen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Arpad Fritsche

München

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Thomas Weber

München

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Alexander Rein

Diez

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Citie Lo

Berlin

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Justin Müller

Mainz

Luca Maragno

Milano

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Till Teenck

Berlin

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Tom Werneck

Haar

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Robert Lovell

Köln

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Michael Palm

Tengen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Tobias Tesar

München

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Reiner Knizia

München

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Alan Paull

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