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
Michiel de Wit
Nijmegen
Michael Freyer
Paderborn
Nestore Mangone
trebisacce
Fabian Zimmermann
Kaiserslautern
Marco Rava
Campomorone (Genova)
Markus Falkenau
Stuttgart
Christian Beiersdorf
Freiburg
Harvey Johnston
Geseke
Heiko Korntheuer
Thun
Jesus Casasola Boyero
Amsterdam
Matteo Sassi
Legnano
Udo Dieter Peise
Benediktbeuern
Peter Jürgensen
Berlin
Mark Stefens
Rheine
Stefan Dorra
Algermissen (Hannover)
Bernhard Lach
Erdmannhausen
Eike Jung
Köln
Michael Feldkötter
Kiel
Marcus Meigel
Landstuhl
Alexander Rein
Diez
Tom Werneck
Haar
Helmut Ortlepp
Hagen
Robert Lovell
Köln
Justin Müller
Mainz
Ralf Kuhn
Saarbrücken
Hartwig Jakubik
Düsseldorf
Walter Obert
Piossasco
Michael Diechtierow
Heidelberg
Martin Schlegel
Hagen
William Cavaglieri
Brescia
Alessandro Schiavetti
Rome
Jürgen Then
Röthlein
Markus Hagenauer
Surheim
Jochen Scherer
St.Wendel
Marco Canetta
Fucecchio
Andreas Bungert
Bonn
Peter Rustemeyer
Köln
Silvano Sorrentino
Bari
Florian Maas
Hanau
Patrick Katona
Eggenstein Leopoldshafen
Jonathan Linke
Konstanz
Peter-Paul Joopen
Zülpich
Jürgen Aden
Hannover
Thomas Hög
Recklinghausen
Michael Modler
Ritterhude
Matteo Casali
Reggio Emilia
Martin Schmitz
Bonn
Paul Bamberger
Odenthal
Hamlet Abedian
Steinfurt
Gerhard Piaskowy
Mainz
Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani
Tres Cantos (Madrid)
Robert Brouwer
Groningen
Johannes Fähndrich
Magdeburg
Juri Alexander
Berlin
Luca Fanni
Charvensod
Markus von der Heyde
Weimar
Steffen Albus
Darmstadt
Daniel Bernsen
Huixquilucan
Lars Wagner Hansen
Sorø
Citie Lo
Berlin
Francesco Testini
Monza
Andreas Molter
Borken
Anja Wrede
Berlin
Nicolas Straccia
Offenbach am Main
Thomas Sing
Konstanz
Michele Piccolini
Groningen
Christian Giove
Alpignano (TO)
Jonas Gabriel Trodler
Berlin
Tina Schuster
Pulheim
Christoph Proll
Bad Dürkheim
Andreas Schleicher
Stuttgart
Kevin Bertini
QUARONA
Klemens Luger
Salzburg
Andrea Robbiani
Saronno
Bart-Willem van Huizum
Zutphen
Stefano Cobello
Treviso
Christoph Cantzler
Hamburg
Matt Leacock
Sunnyvale
Timm Hermann-Böttcher
Berlin
Julia Thiemann
Berlin
Gerd Fenchel
Böblingen
Sven Steinebach
Frankfurt
Gerhard Junker
Urbach
Michael Kallauch
Koblenz
Thomas Schneider-Axmann
Bremen
Anja Dreier-Brückner
Heiligenhaus
Martin Ebel
Kassel
Alan R Moon
Syracuse
Detlef Dewitz
Alfter
Christos Giannakoulas
Thermi
Stefan Müller
Niederkassel
Pasquale Facchini
MOLFETTA
Jendrik Odenwäller
Bremen
Hilko Drude
Göttingen
Patrick Pohlmann
Lähden
Remo Conzadori
Montichiari (BS)
Edith Grein-Böttcher
Neuss
Nicole Zeller
Dettingen
Fred Horn
Den Haag
Torsten Landsvogt
Hildesheim
Niels Hoffmann
Hochheim am Main
Enrico Vicario
Venice
Nicko Böhnke
Bargteheide
Katrin Abfalter
Berlin
Max Philipp
Berlin
Emanuele Briano
SAVONA
Volker Cullmann
Püttlingen/Saar
Geoffrey Engelstein
Bridgewater
Thorsten Stecker
Winnenden
Luís Dinis
Benavente
Anja Klein
Schmelz
Paul Schulz
Berlin
APEX Ideenschmiede
Untermeitingen
Dirk Andreas Taube
Hückelhoven
Christine Gnan
Heiligenhafen
Andrea Mainini
Piossasco (TO)
Matthias Goebel
Unna
Lena Flottow
Mannheim
Simone Löhrke
Bad Pyrmont
Karl-Hermann Böker
Bielefeld
Matthias Prinz
St.Wendel
David-Lennart Sturz
Düsseldorf
Tim Goldbach
Frechen
Hartmut Kommerell
Teltow
Máren Kruse
Berlin
Wolfgang Lehmann
Rechberghausen
Aske Severin Juul Christiansen
Copenhagen
Thomas Franken
Berlin
Gian Andrea Cappuzzo
Villa Estense
Janusch Rentenatus
Essen
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Porta Westfalica
Volker Nebel
Heidelberg
Henning Schulz
Kiel
Marius Waninger
trossingen
Bettina Katzenberger
Brackenheim
Thomas Daum
Taufkirchen
Thomas Dettbarn
Fuerth
Andreas Zimmermann
Offenburg
Manfred Reindl
Tragwein
Lucas Stark
Kirchheim unter Teck
Ellen Schulze
Krefeld
Simon Kösters
Lünen
Daniel Bahr
Köln
Ulrich Blum
Köln
Bernd Müller
Mönchengladbach
Axel Heill
Korneuburg
Mathias Spaan
Hamburg
Giovanni Franceschelli
Firenze
Dominik Schönleben
Hamburg
Giacomo Sottocasa
Sanremo
Fabio Montesel
Trieste
Jan Meyberg
Andernach
Martyn F
Nuenen
Roman Rodriguez Maecker
Berlin
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Regensburg
Alex Taube
Oberursel
Thomas Odenhoven
Meerbusch
Martino Chiacchiera
Griesheim
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Bonn
Sjaak Griffioen
Aerdenhout
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Essen
Lidia Blanco González
Vilanova de Arousa
Tobias Thulke
Köln
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München
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Bad Oldesloe
Florian Sixt
Unterhaching
Thomas Klein
Schmelz
Jerome Rank
Braunschweig
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Bologna
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Ann Arbor
Lucien Geelhoed
Leiden
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Berlin
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Düsseldorf
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Essen
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Hamburg
Bruce Whitehill
Eickeloh
Arnold Reisse
Hamburg
Paco Yanez
Madrid
Paul Gäbler
Braunschweig
Carlo Camarotto
Padova
Peter Ogurzow
Berlin
Stefan Freund
Gauting
Stefan Kropp
Aubstadt
Matthias Greßinger
Tübingen
Andreas Faul
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Unterhaching
Jörg von Rüden
Dortmund
Andrea Boennen
Herzhorn
Johnny Ebsen
Pfinztal
Jochen Knittel
Sindelfingen
Sven M. Kübler
Haan
Rainer Schlichtholz
Verden
Josef Kirschner
Unna
Regine und Thomas Fabian
Hördt
David Spada
BORGHI
Claudia Ritzinger
RÖHRMOOS
Jeffrey Allers
Kandern
Patricia Spazierer
Germaringen
Matthias Drescher
Wilhermsdorf
Peter Ratschiller
Bozen
Antonio Cizu
Canegrate (MI)
Bert Weverling
Amsterdam
Stefan Bauer
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Claude Weber
Roullingen
Rita Modl
Huglfing
Guido Hoffmann
Wien
Wolfgang Pabst
Zwickau
Hans-Peter Stoll
Lampertheim
Matteo Donzelli
Mozzanica
Thomas Weber
München
Hendryk Claussen
Hannover
Stefan Kloß
Mannheim
Liesbeth Bos
Bunde
Jürgen Elias
Bochum
Dean Morris
London
Stefan Diddens
Peine
Moritz Schuster
Herne
Reiner Knizia
München
Alessandro Cuneo
Montalenghe
Florian Racky
Kelkheim
Colin Dömer
Duisburg
Paolo Mori
Sala Baganza
Jörg Pollack
Lauf
Peter Kuhn
Berlin
Thilo Hutzler
Kaisheim
Jan Stronkman
Zevenaar
Markus Reinhardt
Boitze
Tobias Scholz
Düsseldorf
Kenanja Nuding
Berlin
Werner Schmitt
Kaiserslautern
Anna Oppolzer
Heidelberg
Simon Thomas
Mainz-Kastel
Stefano Negro
Frankfurt am Main
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Lüneburg
Malte Schlorf
Offenbach am Main
Tanja Malinowski
Landstuhl
Isabelle Laue
Bobingen
Deren Gündogdu
Darmstadt
Rocky Bogdanski
Dortmund
Jens Merkl
Hambrücken
Barbara Schröders
Bad Endorf
Lukas Setzke
Lüneburg
Rudi Biber
Wellheim
Veronika Graf
Bad Waldsee
Arpad Fritsche
München
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Quickborn
Jeroen Geenen
Capelle aan den IJssel
Kaddy Arendt
Duisburg
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Bielefeld
Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos
Thessaloniki
Robert Groenewold
Bilthoven
Sophia Wagner
Potsdam
Leo Colovini
Mestre Venezia
Gerhard Hecht
Egling an der Paar
Andreas Steding
Göttingen
Luca Maragno
Milano
Sandra Niemeyer
Kornwestheim
Arve D. Fühler
Büdingen
Cynthia-Stefanie Barth
Friedrichshafen
Dietmar Bockelmann
Nandlstadt
Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg
Hamburg
David Betzing
Sankt Augustin
Norbert Proena
Niddatal (Assenheim)
Ulysse Richert-Botté
Frankfurt Am Main
Martin Berger
Leonberg
Erik Andersson Sundén
Uppsala
Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler
Schwalmtal
Markus Haberbosch
München
Nils Carstensen
Wangen
Alan Paull
HUNTINGDON
Torsten Marold
Bremen
Aaron Haag
München
Tobias Löffler
Spalt
Till Teenck
Berlin
Tobias Roeser
Langen
Andrea Angiolino
Rome
Gebrüder Frei
Bern
Andrea Vitali
Bergamo
Carlo A. Rossi
Carpi
Peer Thies
Wolfratshausen
Wolfgang Vogel
Lehrberg
Luca Borsa
Busto Arsizio
Giorgio Galbusera
Milano
Fabio Lopiano
Milano
Michael Palm
Tengen
Violetta Leitner
Moosach
Alessandro Rizzi
Brescia
Dennis Matthias
Flensburg
Stefanie Fasora
Lehesten
Martin Pflieger
Gera
Johannes Lorenzen
Hamburg
Janet Kneisel
Zuzgen
Betty Baindl
Geretsried
Torben Ratzlaff
Hamburg
Stefania Niccolini
Fucecchio
Arjan van Houwelingen
Eext
Karolin Mellert
Bremen
Gabriele Ausiello
Roma
Jürgen Heel
Imst
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia
Torino
Daniel Danzer
Stuttgart
Simona Greco
Campomorone (Genova)
Kalle Klimkewitz
München
Richard Lenherr
Bülach
Carsten Jansen
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Florian Ortlepp
Hagen
Bernhard Weber
Bonn
Flaminia Brasini
Roma
Max Scharf
Kaarst
Jürgen Adams
Haar/Ottendichl
Eric Marks
Einhausen
Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira
Markkleeberg