Maurice W. Suckling teaches and researches games at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY. He is also a game designer. His first published game was Driver (1999) for the PlayStation, for which he wrote the script. The game won a BAFTA in the Interactive: Moving Images category. Since then, he has worked on over 50 published video games, including Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014), Civilization VI (2016), and Lost Words: Beyond the Page (2020). He has also published five board games. His second published game, Chancellorsville: 1863 (2020) won the Charles S. Roberts Award for the Best American Civil War Era Board wargame in 2021.