Mike Carr (game designer)
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Mike Carr is a writer and game designer.
Mike Carr (in yellow) running Don't Give Up the Ship! at Gen Con Indy 2013.
Don't Give Up the Ship is a set of rules for conducting Napoleonic era naval wargames. The game was published by Guidon Games in 1972 and republished by TSR, Inc. in 1975. The game was developed as a
Mike Carr (game designer)
…for the weekend. While at Gen Con, he met the convention's organizer, Gary Gygax, and quickly became an acquaintance. Three years later, he co-authored Don't Give Up The Ship! with Gygax and Dave Arneson. Carr began wargaming with the International Federation of Wargamers as a teenager. After high school, Carr completed a…
Cover for the first edition of Don't Give Up the Ship (1972). Artwork by Don Lowry
June 1971 International Wargamer which contained Don't Give Up the Ship rules