Setup and Rule Diagrams

[Adam Tyson]

As much as I love doing templates, frk215, I don't see a great return on my investment of time in them in this game. Placing T first, for example, tells me nothing new about where to put P or W, and G and S are still able to go in any of the last 3 slots. It just strikes me as a waste of time if I won't get any new information that fixes even one other variable in place somewhere.

Reserve templates for cases where those sort of limited options also have at least some consequences, and preferably major consequences that force a few variables into place. Otherwise, this strategy can be overused and waste precious time, as you discovered. But good for you for exploring the possibility, because that's how we get better at learning when this approach works and when it does not, making it more likely you will make the right choices on test day!