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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

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Tobias Tesar

München

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Citie Lo

Berlin

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Robert Lovell

Köln

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Justin Müller

Mainz

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Tom Werneck

Haar

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Alexander Rein

Diez

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Florian Maas

Hanau

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

David Spada

BORGHI

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Till Teenck

Berlin

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Markus Haberbosch

München

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Michael Palm

Tengen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Martin Student

Göttingen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Jan Werner

Zolling

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Martyn F

Nuenen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Andreas Molter

Borken

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Dean Morris

London

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Luca Maragno

Milano

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Max Philipp

Berlin

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Thomas Weber

München

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Arpad Fritsche

München

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Aaron Haag

München

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Eike Jung

Köln

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Reiner Knizia

München

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart