Mike Fitzgerald (game designer)

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Mike Fitzgerald is a game designer who has worked primarily on collectible card games.

Career

Mike Fitzgerald started designing games shortly after Magic: The Gathering came out in 1993.{{Cite book | contribution=Ticket to Ride | title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best | last=Fitzgerald | first=Mike | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=Green Ronin Publishing | year=2007 | pages=315–318 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}} His first design was the trading card game Wyvern, which was published by U.S. Games. This resulted in a contract with Wizards of the Coast to do more designs, including the Nitro (WCW wrestling) and X-Men trading card games. He has worked for Pokémon USA, helping to put together the pre-constructed decks that are sold with every Pokémon expansion. Fitzgerald is also the designer of the Mystery Rummy series.

Fitzgerald also has a long and successful radio career as an on-air personality.

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Category:American game designers

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)