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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

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Lorenz Sebastian Freudenberg

Hamburg

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Arpad Fritsche

München

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Eike Jung

Köln

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Stefan Diddens

Peine

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Jan Werner

Zolling

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Andreas Molter

Borken

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Stefano Cobello

Treviso

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Andrea Vitali

Bergamo

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

David Spada

BORGHI

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Stefan Kropp

Aubstadt

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Kevin Bertini

QUARONA

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Luca Maragno

Milano

Tim Goldbach

Frechen

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Aaron Haag

München

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Thomas Weber

München

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Antonio Cizu

Canegrate (MI)

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani

Tres Cantos (Madrid)

Yasaman Farazan

Düsseldorf

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Max Philipp

Berlin

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Tom Werneck

Haar

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Lukas Setzke

Lüneburg

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Bert Weverling

Amsterdam

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Tina Schuster

Pulheim

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Matthias Drescher

Wilhermsdorf

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Verena Wiechens

Lüneburg

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Gabriele Ausiello

Roma

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Justin Müller

Mainz

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Dean Morris

London

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Bart-Willem van Huizum

Zutphen

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Reiner Knizia

München

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Michael Palm

Tengen

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Matteo Donzelli

Mozzanica

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Hendryk Claussen

Hannover

Max Scharf

Kaarst

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Martyn F

Nuenen

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Peter Ogurzow

Berlin

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Thorsten Stecker

Winnenden

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Citie Lo

Berlin

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Anja Klein

Schmelz

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Tobias Tesar

München

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Andreas Bungert

Bonn

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Luca Fanni

Charvensod

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Claudia Ritzinger

RÖHRMOOS

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Robert Lovell

Köln

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Alexander Rein

Diez

Martin Student

Göttingen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Thomas Klein

Schmelz

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Stefanie Fasora

Lehesten

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Matthias Cramer

Essen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Patricia Spazierer

Germaringen

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Florian Sixt

Unterhaching

Henning Schulz

Kiel

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Martin Schmitz

Bonn

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Fabio Montesel

Trieste

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Till Teenck

Berlin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Tobias Roeser

Langen