LSAT 82, Game 1 Setup, Instructional Films Presentation, LSATHacks

LG Game 1 Setup, by LSATHacks

Game Setup

Time on first attempt: 7:52 (see note at bottom)

This game is a mix of grouping, linear and sequencing. A company has six presentations to schedule in two theatres (east and west). The presentations are Goals, Management, Organization, Personnel, Sales, and Utilization. The presentations are scheduled on an afternoon, one in each theatre at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00.

For a mixed game, this isn’t that hard, as long as you create a framework to keep track of everything. Without that it will be difficult however. (I personally made a small slip-up and lost two minutes I shouldn’t have as a result.)

So first, you should draw the three spaces for the east and west theatres. I added rules 1 and 2: Sales can’t be in the east theatre, and Utilization can’t be in the west.

Note that I don’t number my diagrams for speed of reproduction. You quickly get used to seeing them as 1, 2, 3 without numbers.

Next, I drew the ordering rules separately, noting that S is random (apart from not being in the east):

Lastly, you should draw in the ordering rules as “not” rules on the diagram. Since O, P and G have variables before them, they can’t be first. And likewise, M and U can’t be last because they have things after them. These not rules are fairly restricting in this game. For instance, S, O, P and G all can’t be in the first presentation in the east theatre:

And that’s it! The setup is not overly complicated. The only real trouble is getting an intuition for making this kind of setup in the first place. If the above setup isn’t yet second nature to you, I recommend repeating the game until it is. This game is an archetype of many common logic games scenarios.

Being able to do the easier games fast is key to having enough time for the harder games. And this is a very common diagram type.