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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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The 35th Hippodice Game Design Competition has started

The 35th Hippodice Game Design Competition has started. Unpublished prototypes can be submitted until October 13, 2024. The first phase of the competition involves submitting digital game descriptions and rules via an online application form.

More information at: Hippodice Game Design Competition

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Game authors/designers

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Tobias Tesar

München

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Arpad Fritsche

München

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Michael Palm

Tengen

Stefan Waldner

Kröning

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Tom Werneck

Haar

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Michael Rott

Marburg

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Sven Groh

Oldenburg

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Max Philipp

Berlin

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Markus Haberbosch

München

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Jan Werner

Zolling

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Martin Student

Göttingen

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Emanuele Sassi Zanichelli

Seveso

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

David Spada

BORGHI

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Florian Maas

Hanau

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Eike Jung

Köln

Stefano Bonati

Bonate Sotto

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Thomas Weber

München

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Francesco Testini

Monza

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Reiner Knizia

München

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Andreas Molter

Borken

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Dean Morris

London

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Lisa Höhn

Worms

Citie Lo

Berlin

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Rita Modl

Huglfing

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Aaron Haag

München

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Martyn F

Nuenen

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Justin Müller

Mainz

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Detlef Dewitz

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