Thank an MIT Community Member: Submission #147

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Submission Number: 147

Submission ID: 24191

Submission UUID: 1696c0db-19e3-4ea8-8ddb-21bb3f3b518e

Submission URI: /form/webform-10058

Created: Mon, 03/16/2020 - 13:26

Completed: Mon, 03/16/2020 - 13:26

Changed: Mon, 03/16/2020 - 13:26

Remote IP address: 162.197.0.138

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: Thank an MIT Community Member

Submitted to: Thank an MIT Community Member

Your Name Kevin Ren

Your DLCI or Other Affiliation with MIT {Empty}

Person or Group You Would Like to Recognize Simmons board games

Department, Lab, or Center, or Other Affiliation with MIT {Empty}

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Tell Us About It In the final few days, when I should have been consumed by anxiety and despair, I instead played board games with my friends. For me, board games gave me some measure of control and stability despite the endless and chaotic possibilities for the game to unfold. Whether it be playing Secret Hitler with Tacocat friends or Betrayal with SPA lounge, I found myself able to relax, laugh, and form good memories (including the time when the traitor was vanquished by a one-in-eighty-one chance roll by my teammate).