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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

Justin Müller

Mainz

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Tobias Tesar

München

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Citie Lo

Berlin

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Reiner Knizia

München

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Andreas Molter

Borken

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Aaron Haag

München

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Dean Morris

London

Markus Haberbosch

München

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Tom Werneck

Haar

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Martyn F

Nuenen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Martin Student

Göttingen

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Max Philipp

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Francesco Testini

Monza

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Eike Jung

Köln

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Alexander Rein

Diez

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Thomas Weber

München

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

David Spada

BORGHI

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Robert Lovell

Köln

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Jan Werner

Zolling

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Till Teenck

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Michael Palm

Tengen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen