Acknowlegements
I would like to thank my colleagues at Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University particularly, Laurie Stoff, David Agruss and Michael Ostling for reading and commenting on an early draft of this piece and to Laurie for providing the forum in which to do so.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
Notes on contributor
Abby Loebenberg is a social and cultural anthropologist with an interest in the study of play, she researches games with children and young adults in private and public contexts.