Our guest this month was Nicolas W. Proctor. After completing his B.A. in history from Hendrix College, Nick Proctor received an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Relations from the University of Kentucky, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from Emory University. He is now a Professor of History at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he has served as department chair and director of the first-year program. After completing a traditional historical monograph, he reoriented his research to fit the needs of a teaching institution and focused on writing historical role-playing games for theReacting to the Past series. To help game authors in the series, he wrote aGame Designer’s Handbookand served as chair of the Reacting Consortium’s editorial board. He now serves as the Executive Director of the Reacting Consortium. You can view our discussionon our YouTube channel.