Spiele-Autoren-Zunft (SAZ) is a German game designer association to which any game designer worldwide can belong, and the group serves as something like a union or bargaining group for designers. In 1988, at the suggestion of Reinhold Wittig, thirteen designers (including Wolfgang Kramer and Alex Randolph) signed the ”Coaster Proclamation,” in which they vowed not to submit games to companies that would not place their name on the cover.
In late May 2010, SAZ published an overview of the standing of game designers in the industry. An excerpt:
"The game designer must be named on the box cover! That has never been taken as a matter of course. The famous Coaster Proclamation from 1988, signed by Alex Randolph and other noted game designers, was an important signal and marked the start of a gradual change. However, naming the designer is still not a consistent, natural thing. Recognition comparable to book authors, for instance, has not been reached even today.
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