The author contends that all the most popular field games in England are derived from pastimes once associated with building. The satisfactions of games are related to the primary æsthetic sensations from that aspect of architecture having to do with smooth and rough surfaces, of texture in relation to breast and nipple, of recess and projection. Games provide various satisfactions: aggressive and masochistic; expectant readiness with contempt of danger and consequent mastering of situations; repeated endurance of symbolic castration with resurrection of potency when one wins. There is the experience of victory after imminent or actual defeat. The libidinal content of some ball games is not limited to genital aspects; the more varied the libidinal outlets, the more 'civilized' are the games.