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News

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

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Eike Jung

Köln

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Martin Student

Göttingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Max Philipp

Berlin

Tom Werneck

Haar

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Martyn F

Nuenen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Robert Lovell

Köln

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Aaron Haag

München

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Francesco Testini

Monza

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Arpad Fritsche

München

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Citie Lo

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Michael Palm

Tengen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Reiner Knizia

München

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Florian Maas

Hanau

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Dean Morris

London

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Till Teenck

Berlin

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Thomas Weber

München

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Markus Haberbosch

München

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Tobias Tesar

München

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

David Spada

BORGHI

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi