In the period 2008/2009, the first game author contest was conducted at www.spielmaterial.de. 4 or 5 game suggestions from this competition are to be implemented in this edition.
In the period 2009/2010, the second game author contest was conducted at www.spielmaterial.de. This competition received more than 80 entries. Probably 8 games from the competition will be published as part of Edition Läufer.
The Niersradio reported on the new games in publisher Mücke Spiele in their broadcast “Blickpunkt MG” on December 7, 2011; please find the report on the current competition at www.spielmaterial.de