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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
Election test stones for the German Bundestag elections 2025
We have prepared for the German Bundestag election in February 2025 four election test stones that document our expectations, goals and positions, even though we will unfortunately not receive any official answers from the parties due to the shortened time frames.
Read more … Election test stones for the German Bundestag elections 2025
Loans of analogue games in Germany doubled in four years
A recent statistic shows that loans of analogue games in German public libraries doubled to more than five million loans per year in the period from 2020 to 2023. The statutory remuneration claims (library royalties) must finally be fulfilled.
Read more … Loans of analogue games in Germany doubled in four years
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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
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