The Spielwarenmesse is the meeting place for national and international Eurogame professionals and creative newcomers alike. That is why the Spielwarenmesse and the Bavarian Games Archive are jointly organising the International Game Inventors Convention at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre on the Friday of the trade fair, 3 February 2023. This compact and exclusive meeting place in the Hall 11.1 will allow you to come together with other designers and discuss your ideas for games. Present your game prototypes to editors and publishers in the trade and set a course for the release of your games.
Event date:
Friday, 3 February 2023
Location:
Hall 11.1, Exhibition Center Nuremberg
Order of events:
8 – 9 am Presentation table assembly
9 am – 6 pm Game Inventors Convention
6 – 10 pm Gaming Hour games party
Gaming Hour games party
To round off the Game Inventors Convention, a games party will be held in the Hall 11.1. All participants at the Game Inventors Convention – game designers, publishers, editors and trade journalists – are invited to enjoy a lively exchange and Franconian refreshments.
Who will game designers meet at the Game Inventors Convention?
→ Game editors
→ Product managers
→ Game agencies
→ Game critics
→ Trade journalists
→ Bloggers
The Game Inventors Convention will bring the brains behind the games together with publishing houses and journalists. Retailers and buyers are not an eligible visitor group.
What awaits you?
- Embedded in the international Spielwarenmesse network, this will be a place for game designers, publishers, editors and journalists to exchange ideas and information
- At the Game Inventors Convention, you’ll get to present your game ideas to specialists
- If you have any questions or need help at the venue, you’ll be able to turn to Christian Fürst-Brunner and Tom Werneck, seasoned experts of the International Game Inventors Convention in Haar
- Prior accreditation and admission screening at the Hall 11.1 will ensure an exclusive event
- Participation package 1 for €125 (plus VAT).
This includes: access to the trade fair for one person, presentation table with chairs, Wi-Fi, locker, listing on the Spielwarenmesse website and in the Game Inventor Guide and participation in the Gaming Hour games party. - Participation package 2 for €140 (plus VAT).
This includes: access to the trade fair for two persons, presentation table with chairs, Wi-Fi, locker, listing on the Spielwarenmesse website and in the Game Inventor Guide and participation in the Gaming Hour games party.
What you should bring
- Playable prototypes – one or more, it’s entirely up to you.
- Designer profile (coming soon)
- Plenty of business cards
- Good humour
Present your game ideas to international game
Register as an author for the International Game Inventor Convention.
Your registration is binding. Reservations and conditions are not permitted when registering. The registration conditions can be found here.
The closing date for receipt of registrations is 15 December 2022
You will receive your official confirmation of participation by e-mail from October 2022.
Questions? Send us an e-mail
- Your contact for new exhibitors:
![Claudia Herzog]( "Claudia Herzog")
Claudia HerzogSales Manager- Tel: +49 911 99813-46
- Your contact for returning exhibitors:
![Heiko Röschlein]( "Heiko Röschlein")
Heiko RöschleinProject Manager- Tel: +49 911 99813-38
Other forms of participation
Is one day at the trade fair not long enough? There are also other ways for you to participate in the Spielwarenmesse.
- For first-time exhibitors: New Exhibitor Package
- For international game inventors: Startup Area
- For game inventors from Germany: Innovation made in Germany (JIU)
- For those interested in a trade fair stand: Stand space from 9 m²
- For those interested in a digital trade fair presence: Digital participation
International Game Inventors Convention FAQ
The Game Inventors Convention is aimed at designers of tabletop games in a broad sense, especially the kinds of games in the catalogues of the publishing houses in Hall 10.0 and 10.1 of the Spielwarenmesse.
Every designer can present as many games as they wish, the only limit being whether there’s room on their table.
Anyone looking for a publishing house to pick up their game ideas.
You can register here (coming soon)
Contact details (filling in the ANM form) and 100 Euro (plus VAT) (fee for a table and an entrance ticket).
You register with your name at the check-in counter or in front of Hall 11.1. You will then receive your name badge.
After paying the participation fee of 100 euros (plus VAT), a table will be reserved for you in Hall 11.1. There is free seating in the hall.
Many will wear a name tag with the logo and name of their publishing company.
Game editors, product managers, game agencies, game critics, trade journalists and bloggers are welcome to visit. Game designers can register as participants to present their game ideas at a table. Retailers and buyers are not an eligible visitor group.
Please let us know via e-mail. Unfortunately, we cannot refund the participation fee in the event of cancellation due to the organisational work involved. Exception: if Spielwarenmesse eG is forced to cancel the International Game Inventors Convention due to COVID-19 regulations, you will be refunded the participation fee in full.
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With the receipt of the admission ticket it is possible to create a personal profile at the Spielwarenmesse Digital taking place in parallel. No media package for a Spielwarenmesse Digital company presentation is included for participants of the Game Inventors' Fair. Media packages can be purchased separately.