Associate Dean Carly Kocurek: In Board Games, Players Find Fun, Challenge and Each Other
Play can help cultivate strategic thinking (there’s a reason chess is the top-selling game of all time), provide additional structure for social interactions or an outlet for creativity and self-expression. Playing games does more than fill time: In the relatively safe constraints of a game, 我们可以进入更大的世界, 其他时间,甚至是其他版本的我们. 那种自由——去探索, 成长, to experiment — is a profound experience to find in a cardboard box.