Games in the collections and catalogs of the German and all other National Libraries!
About SAZ: A strong interest group introduces itself
FAQ: EXPERIENCED GAME AUTHORS ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Experience and expertise for members – Now online seminars too
... than just a pastime ... playing together also strengthens social cohesion"
Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
In future, VG WORT will use the board game database of the Altenburg Game Archive, run by the Spielen Foundation, as an additional reference for determining library royalties
VG WORT’s use of the database of the Stiftung Spielen archive to calculate library royalties demonstrates its practical functionality and underscores the archive’s eligibility for funding.
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.
Read more … 75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
BECOME A MEMBER IN A STRONG COMMUNITY
AND REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS
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
Game authors/designers
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Yasaman Farazan
Düsseldorf
Aaron Haag
München
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Marcello Galli
Firenze
Sebastian Riechmann
Regensburg
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Tobias Tesar
München
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Florian Kattner
WÖLFERSHEIM
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Michael Palm
Tengen
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
Stefan Malz
Vechelde
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
Richi Haarhoff
Bad Oldesloe
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Verena Wiechens
Lüneburg
Martin Student
Göttingen
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Denis Christopher Görz
Quickborn
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
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Nijmegen
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Citie Lo
Berlin
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
Jan Werner
Zolling
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Freiburg
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Hamburg
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
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Brescia
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Tom Werneck
Haar
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Robert Lovell
Köln
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Bremen
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Roma
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Porta Westfalica
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
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Darmstadt
Andreas Faul
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Barbara Schröders
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Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
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Koblenz
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Pulheim
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Milano
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Eext
Paul Schulz
Berlin
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Pfinztal
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Thermi
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Meerbusch
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
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Tim Goldbach
Frechen
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Uppsala
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Bonn
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Maj-Britt Jönsson
Hamburg
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
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Hamburg
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
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Saronno
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Bad Pyrmont
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Andrea Sbragia
monsummano terme
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Luca Fanni
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Heidelberg
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Hördt
Till Teenck
Berlin
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
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Bari
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Zülpich
Francesco Testini
Monza
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Bologna
Thomas Weber
München
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Trieste
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Markkleeberg
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Hildesheim
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Frankfurt Am Main
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Justin Müller
Mainz
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
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Konstanz
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Sunnyvale
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Berlin
Reiner Knizia
München
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Henning Schulz
Kiel
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Bergamo
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Berlin
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Untermeitingen
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Köln
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Hannover
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Bern
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Campomorone (Genova)
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Copenhagen
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Huixquilucan
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Frankfurt am Main
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Hagen
Max Philipp
Berlin
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Büdingen
Clark Rodeffer
Ann Arbor
Luís Dinis
Benavente
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Berlin
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
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Bonn
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Berlin
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Milano
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Hannover
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
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Rome
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Lauf
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Düsseldorf
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
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Herzhorn
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Essen
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Dettingen
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Dean Morris
London
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
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Mainz
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Eike Jung
Köln
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Frankfurt
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Anja Klein
Schmelz
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Braunschweig
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Essen
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Bonn
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Unna
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
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Heiligenhaus
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Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
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Mannheim
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
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Sindelfingen
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Bielefeld
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Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Betty Baindl
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Martin Pflieger
Gera
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Köln
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Axel Heill
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Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
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Konstanz
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Offenbach am Main
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Alexander Rein
Diez
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Köln
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Bridgewater
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Offenburg
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Aubstadt
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Florian Maas
Hanau
Athanasios Gakis
Essen
Andreas Molter
Borken
Markus Haberbosch
München
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
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Moosach
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Eric Marks
Einhausen
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Friedrichshafen
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Veronika Graf
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Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
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Wangen
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
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Bologna
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Syracuse
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
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Fucecchio
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Simon Kösters
Lünen
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Madrid
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Alex Taube
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Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
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Böblingen
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Neukirchen-Vluyn
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Arpad Fritsche
München
Martyn F
Nuenen
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Dirk Hanneforth
Bielefeld
Lucas Stark
Tübingen
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Juri Alexander
Berlin