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Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026

Registration for the 44th Game Designers' Meeting in Göttingen on June 6 and 7, 2026, opened on April 20, 2026. Within just a few hours, all 152 tables were booked.

This year, the meeting will once again take place at the Sheddachhalle in Göttingen. The event is organized by the Spiele-Autoren-Zunft e.V. (SAZ) and the City of Göttingen – Department of Culture. Publishing representatives are cordially invited to attend. Of course, members of the press are also very welcome.

All information and the online registration form are available via this direct link or under CURRENT EVENTS on this website.

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We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig

Reinhold Wittig, our highly esteemed honorary member, passed away on April 11.

The Games Authors’ Guild thanks you, Reinhold, for your numerous initiatives, your focus on community, and not least for enriching our lives.

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Game authors/designers

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Sven Seelinger

Östringen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Tobias Tesar

München

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Tom Werneck

Haar

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Florian Maas

Hanau

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Stefan Müller

Niederkassel

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Aaron Haag

München

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Citie Lo

Berlin

Eike Jung

Köln

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Francesco Testini

Monza

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Arpad Fritsche

München

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Reiner Knizia

München

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Till Teenck

Berlin

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Robert Lovell

Köln

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Justin Müller

Mainz

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Dean Morris

London

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Andreas Molter

Borken

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Kirchheim unter Teck

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Fabiano Onça

São Paulo

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Michael Palm

Tengen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jeroen Geenen

Ede

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Roberto Tschirner

Denkte

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Christian Stoll

Treuchtlingen

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

David Spada

BORGHI

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Luca Maragno

Milano

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Thomas Weber

München

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Martyn F

Nuenen

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze