Logic Games... Order of Operations?

[LSATLUVR]

Hi! I am really good at knowing how to attack games when it is one type of game (linear, grouping, etc.) But when the games are combined into hybrid games, I struggle with knowing thing to do first? Do I put things in order? In their correct group? I also know that there are more kinds of games than just linear and grouping, so is there a more broad order of operations for all combined game types?

Thanks!

Tamar

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Tamar,

Thanks for the question! 98% of the games you see are Linear or Grouping or some combination thereof, so for the most part, you don't have to much worry about the others (see any Crystal Ball seminar or podcast we've done—including the one coming out next week!). Within Grouping and Linearity, there's a clear preference for which one to handle first, and it's something talked about in our courses and in the Logic Games Bible: focus on grouping first, and linearity afterwards. This is how you'd do it in real life, and the example I often use is:

• Suppose that you are offered six free Super Bowl tickets. Your first reaction wouldn’t be to start putting people in the first seat, or second seat, or sixth seat, etc. Instead, you would first select the group of six people to attend the game and then, once at the game, consider how to line up the individuals in the seats.

Other game types appear so rarely that it virtually never occurs that you have to deviate from the above.

Please let me know if that helps. Thanks!