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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

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Thomas Weber

München

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Reiner Knizia

München

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Citie Lo

Berlin

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Alexander Rein

Diez

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Francesco Testini

Monza

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Robert Lovell

Köln

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Michael Palm

Tengen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Tom Werneck

Haar

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Eike Jung

Köln

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Max Philipp

Berlin

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

David Spada

BORGHI

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Luca Maragno

Milano

Till Teenck

Berlin

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Martin Student

Göttingen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Markus Haberbosch

München

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Aaron Haag

München

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Florian Maas

Hanau

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Dean Morris

London

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Andreas Molter

Borken

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Martyn F

Nuenen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Tobias Tesar

München

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Justin Müller

Mainz

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense