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