Rule hints

[Shindavis16]

Hi,
I was curious if you can tell me are there other given rules, such as the linkage rule on page 77 of the logic games Bible 2017 addition, that state three variables in a sequence always yield six not laws? If so could you tell me either where to find them in the book or what they are? This would really help with improving my inferencing ability.

Thanks
Stephanie

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Stephanie,

Thanks for the question! I'm not 100% certain what you are looking for here—is it more rules that yield a certain number of Not Laws? Or is it other examples of rules being linked together?

Both concepts will be discussed throughout the book, so page 77 isn't the end of that discussion, but if you can provide me with some additional information then I can hopefully refer you to other areas of the book that will be helpful

Thanks!

[Shindavis16]

Hi,
Thanks for responding. I am just struggling to find inferences quickly and to set the game up fast enough. I feel as though I am missing something vital and found that rule I referenced very useful to know I need to have 6 NOT laws when I'm done. I thought I was doing better until I did the vertical game on page 188 and I bombed it. Can you provide some insight on how to do better at the vertical games?

[Adam Tyson]

Vertical linear games are just the same as horizontal ones, just turned 90 degrees. When doing a game with "above" and "below" rules (floors in a building, layers in a cake, books on a bookshelf perhaps), it just makes more intuitive sense to diagram them vertically. You could literally just turn your head to the side if it helps! A rule that A is above B would give you two not-laws - A cannot be on the bottom and B cannot be on the top. We typically draw these to the right of the slots for the spaces/floors/layers:

6.__ B
5.__
4.__
3.__
2.__
1.__A

The rule would be diagrammed like this:

A
|
B

Now if you add more to it, like A is above B AND B is above C, you get this rule:

A
|
B
|
C

And the six standard not-laws look like this:

6.__ B C
5.__ C
4.__
3.__
2.__A
1.__A B

(A can't be on either of the bottom two floors because it is above at least two other variables; B cannot be on the top or bottom floors because it is below at least one variable and above at least one variable; C cannot be on either of the top two floors because it is below at least two other variables)

Play around with that some and see if it starts to become more natural for you. Try visualizing the building/cake/shelves in your mind's eye and think about where things can and cannot go based on the sequencing rules.

Keep at it!