PT26.S1.G4 - exactly two of four lawmakers

allergic

http://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-26-section-1-game-4/
When first attempting this game, my instinct was to make a game board that included year one and year two. When I watched the video, I noticed JY made two templates without paying attention to whether either of them was year one or year two, and I thought his strategy was very good. I'm wondering how he knew to ignore the year one/year two aspect of the game when he made the templates.

blah170blah

Hey @XM193AF90, I think your question comes with A LOT of practice. One of the things that tips you off that the naming of the groups doesn't matter are these two rules:
"G and V do not serve on the panel in the same year as each other"
"H and Y do not serve on the panel in the same year as each other"

What these rules tell us is that, if you have G in one year, you can't have V in the other but because the rules leave unspecified what year G or V needs to be in, it's interchangeable.

allergic

Thanks, that makes sense

brna0714

This game was really interesting and I'd like to practice more like it. Has anyone encountered any similar games - In/Out with a bi-conditional?