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Addresses and links for game designers

• General Information
• Game designer organizations
   
• International meetings
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"Wannabe a Game Inventor?

You may have noticed this article from Discover Games in the spotlight for this week. You can see a list of resources available for game inventors in the new Inventors index http://boardgames.about.com/games/boardgames/msub6.htm"
(info of About.com's newsletter)

Erik Arneson (boardgames.guide@about.com) started an english speaking game designer mailing list.



More discussion, infos and mailinglist about board games at http://boardgames.about.com/games/boardgames/.

At the site of this Balmy Balloonist you'll find a lot of sources for gamers and game designers.

A german site (with an english introduction): adresses, mailinglist, contacts. Michael Schachts directory of email-addresses and websites of game designers "Spieleautoren im Internet" is also located there.

Addresses of foreign game designer organizations:

Spiele Autoren Zunft (SAZ)
c/o Dr. Volker Schmid, 70597 Stuttgart, Heinestr. 169

The SAZ-website is
written in english, german, dutch, french and italian language.


SPASS - Spiele-AutorInnen-Syndikat Schweiz
SPASS c/o Stefanie Rohner und Christian Wolf, Grienstrasse 38, 4055 Basel, Schweiz

Die Spiele Ideen Schmiede - Vereinigung oesterreichischer Spiele-Autoren
Die Spiele Ideen Schmiede, Gerhard & Elisabeth Kodys, Degengasse 54/3/24-27, A-1160 Wien, Oesterreich

International Inventors Association
International Inventors Association, Chris Taylor, 10 Lambton Place, London W11 2SH, Grossbritannien

Nederlands Spellenauteurs Gilde
Nederlands Spellenauteurs Gilde, Robert Tetteroo, Tollenstraat 20, 3131GZ Vlaardingen, Niederlande

Die Spielegilde - Verband deutschsprachiger Spieleautoren, Haendler, Verlage und Vereine
Die Spielegilde, Rosental 12, 90403 Nuernberg

"Ludopathic Encounters

"Ludopathic EncountersThe Ludopathic Encounters are hold in a country farm in Champagne, every year in April. I come with a little truck with all my game collection.

We play everything during the three days: classics, rarities, and of course lots of my mock ups, and mock ups from other french game designers that come here.
...
When interested, email me at faidutti@imaginet.fr"

Bruno Faidutti, Games & Unicorns, 124 rue de Belleville, 75020 PARIS tel & fax 01 40 33 17 95, faidutti@free.fr


Much about unicorns and games you'll find at Brunos english/french website: http://faidutti.free.fr/

First Annual 8x8 Game Design Competition:

"...
About Board Games, together with the Strategy Gaming Society and Abstract Games magazine, is sponsoring the First Annual 8x8 Game Design Competition. The goal is simple: design a great two-player game that can be played on an 8x8 playing surface using pieces most people are likely to have around the house.
...
Entries must be received by email (plain text...) at boardgames.guide@about.com no later than December 31, 2000
..."

The official rules for this competition can be found here: http://boardgames.about.com/library/weekly/aa102400a.htm

Ludothèque de Boulogne-Billancourt

Concurs de Créateurs de Jeux de Société
Centre Culturel
22, rue de la Belle-Feuille
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
tél. : 01-55-18-45-49 fax : 01-55-18-52-48

Internationaler Competition for Game Designers.

Infos: concours@ludotheque.com

More Game Awards and competitions at Game Awards