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Election test stones for the German Bundestag elections 2025

We have prepared for the German Bundestag election in February 2025 four election test stones that document our expectations, goals and positions, even though we will unfortunately not receive any official answers from the parties due to the shortened time frames.

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Loans of analogue games in Germany doubled in four years

A recent statistic shows that loans of analogue games in German public libraries doubled to more than five million loans per year in the period from 2020 to 2023. The statutory remuneration claims (library royalties) must finally be fulfilled.

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Game authors/designers

David Spada

BORGHI

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Luca Maragno

Milano

Arpad Fritsche

München

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Martin Student

Göttingen

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Citie Lo

Berlin

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Reiner Knizia

München

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Thomas Weber

München

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Francesco Testini

Monza

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Lisa Höhn

Worms

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Stefano Bonati

Bonate Sotto

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Martyn F

Nuenen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Markus Haberbosch

München

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Michael Rott

Marburg

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Tobias Tesar

München

Michael Palm

Tengen

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Justin Müller

Mainz

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Jan Werner

Zolling

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Tom Werneck

Haar

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Sven Groh

Oldenburg

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Andreas Molter

Borken

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Stefan Waldner

Kröning

Eike Jung

Köln

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Florian Maas

Hanau

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Aaron Haag

München

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Dean Morris

London

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)