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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

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Francesco Testini

Monza

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Jan Werner

Zolling

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Robert Lovell

Köln

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Henning Schulz

Kiel

David Spada

BORGHI

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Markus Haberbosch

München

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Eike Jung

Köln

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Thomas Weber

München

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Andreas Molter

Borken

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Tobias Tesar

München

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Martyn F

Nuenen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Alexander Rein

Diez

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Arpad Fritsche

München

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Luca Maragno

Milano

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Tom Werneck

Haar

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Aaron Haag

München

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Citie Lo

Berlin

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Reiner Knizia

München

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Martin Student

Göttingen

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Dean Morris

London

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Michael Palm

Tengen

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Till Teenck

Berlin

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin