In the field of child psychoanalytic psychotherapy, structured competitive games such as Monopoly, UNO or football have traditionally been regarded as less conducive to deep psychodynamically oriented work. Winnicott, for instance, viewed structured games “and their organization…as part of an attempt to forestall the frightening aspect of playing. (Winnicott, 1971, p. 50)” According to Solnit, these traditional games of middle childhood serve more often than not to “ward off, disguise, or hide the fantasies…[and] serve to defend against the behavioural dramatization of play” (Solnit, 1987, p. 215). Statements to this effect can be found even in recently published psychoanalytic texts: “[The child patient] often simply and abruptly halted the play and retreated into structured card games (Scott, 1998, p. 96);” and “If toys are too structured or provocative, this does not allow for the easy development of the child's phantasies (Blake, 2011, p. 197)”.