Weird Games (virus game etc.)

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• TheMikey Alum Member

  August 2017 4196 karma

  Tbh, I just did the misc games from the earlier PTs and just tried my best to make game boards I'm familiar with (or something similar to them) fit the weird game.
• LSATcantwin Alum Member Sage ⭐

  August 2017 edited August 2017 13286 karma

  Spend more time upfront. Once you see that the game is an odd ball, you should spend the time really understanding what the game is asking. There's a great example of a game with employees working on 4 different items and how they pass them off to each other during the week. The first past through I did not focus on creating a solid board, or really trying to understand what the game was saying.

  On my second pass, I spent more time upfront. This allowed me to really visualize and picture what was going on. Because I had a better understanding of the rules and what was being asked, I was able to build a better board that expressed what was going on, thus improving my score on the section.
• sandy180 Alum Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017 159 karma

  @LSATcantwin said:

  "I had a better understanding of the rules"

  Don't rush into the game board would be my 2 cents. Keep in mind, the LG section is asking you to analyze and infer, and you cannot do either if you do not understand the situation and the rules thoroughly. Maybe take the attitude that you want a weird game on test day because you're brilliant and a Logic Game Machine:) Also, clarifying rules in your head is not tantamount to "doing nothing", although when the clock is ticking it can really feel like that. You got this!
• Freddy_D Alum Member ⭐

  August 2017 edited August 2017 2983 karma

  Echoing LSATcantwin and Sayhey, a lot these "weird" games are not that difficult once you understand what is happening. Spending time upfront is critical.
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  Positive Alum Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017 426 karma

  Based on Cambridge LG package, PT 1-20 has 16 Misc. games; PT 21-40 has 3 Misc. games.
  = For simplicity's sake, let's suppose we have total 20 games. (I can't do math lol)

  I was also so nervous about these Misc. games trend and decided to do some research about minimum amount of time needed to master these games.

  As you can see below,
  Suppose you do 4 games a day:
  40 min (10 min each at max) + watching JY's videos (about 15 min at max) + review
  = it will take about 2 hour to do one set.

  From today till the September test, if you can mange to go through the whole 20 games (1 cycle = 5days) five times, I have no doubt your score will greatly increase!!

  Good luck! : ) hope this was helpful.

  Games JY' Video length(min:sec)

  Difficulty 1
  PT1-S2-G1: 13:55
  Total: 13:55

  Difficulty 2
  PT6-S4-G3: 10:26
  PT20-S3-G3: 12:16
  PT9-S3-G4: 9:07
  PT21-S1-G2: 14:44
  PT30-S1-G1: 18:50
  Total: 32.94

  Difficulty 3
  PT4-S3-G4: 11:57
  PT8-S2-G2: 12:38
  PT18-S1-G3: 11:53
  PT18-S1-G4: 13:21
  PT12-S2-G4: 7:09
  PT10-S2-G3: 9:19
  PT16-S1-G4: 12:19
  PT2-S3-G3: 14:30
  Total: 91.46

  Difficulty 4
  PT13-S1-G4: 17:21
  PT6-S4-G4: 10:44
  PT15-S4-G2: 13:52
  PT11-S1-G4: 8:41
  PT40-S2-G3: 17:24
  Total: 66.82

  In total: 204.77 = about 3 hour and 20 min watching JY's videos.
• Nikkkkkkk Live Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017 249 karma

  Also worried about these. Thanks for the really helpful post @Kings Never Die
• Mellow_Z Alum Member

  August 2017 1997 karma

  @LSATcantwin said:
  Spend more time upfront. Once you see that the game is an odd ball, you should spend the time really understanding what the game is asking. There's a great example of a game with employees working on 4 different items and how they pass them off to each other during the week. The first past through I did not focus on creating a solid board, or really trying to understand what the game was saying.

  On my second pass, I spent more time upfront. This allowed me to really visualize and picture what was going on. Because I had a better understanding of the rules and what was being asked, I was able to build a better board that expressed what was going on, thus improving my score on the section.

  Yeah when you're doing this game you have to look at what the rules say ahead of time, because there HAS to be inferences to be made. I spent probably 2 or 3 minutes just looking through the rules trying to really wrap my head around it. Finding the crucial link between the two pieces let me solve the rest of the game pretty easily. It also wasn't imperative to have a concrete "gameboard" as long as you have a feel for how the pieces work. I actually didn't end up making a GB for this one at all, and got through with a -0 in 11 minutes.

  So focus on the time up front, don't rush into the questions, and don't force the game into a traditional gameboard; it might do more harm than good.
• sillllyxo Alum Member

  August 2017 708 karma

  I did the science flasks game it and it really tripped me up and lowered my morale - I can't believe I missed the inference about total amount of combinations .. thx for the tips everyone.
• nathanieljschwartz Alum Member

  August 2017 1723 karma

  @LSATcantwin yeah i just did that game yesterday in PT72. Knocked me off my game. But after the panic i was able to really visualize what was going and i was able to salvage 3 pts. I think as long as you try out a couple of scenarios, and get a feel for how the pieces moved around, its doable