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Designing your own logic games ... helpful practice?

Post by gatesome » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:21 pm

Has anyone found designing their own logic games to be helpful?

I know most study programs insist you avoid games/questions not drawn from real LSATs, but if you do it right it seems like this might be a beneficial exercise.

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Post by lost129 » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:24 pm

FWIW I used http://www.examkrackers.com/lsat/Default.aspx and was able to score a perfect score on the logic game section. The methods they teach you are very helpful in understanding how to break down different types of games.

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Post by Clyde Frog » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:54 pm

gatesome wrote:Has anyone found designing their own logic games to be helpful?

I know most study programs insist you avoid games/questions not drawn from real LSATs, but if you do it right it seems like this might be a beneficial exercise.
There are exactly 300 logic games available between pt 1-71, superprep a, b, and c, and the June 07 free lsat. Not seeing a need to make your own.

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Post by 03152016 » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:23 pm

Clyde Frog wrote:
gatesome wrote:Has anyone found designing their own logic games to be helpful?

I know most study programs insist you avoid games/questions not drawn from real LSATs, but if you do it right it seems like this might be a beneficial exercise.
There are exactly 300 logic games available between pt 1-71, superprep a, b, and c, and the June 07 free lsat. Not seeing a need to make your own.
Plus the February '97 test, India 2/3/4, and the soon-to-be-released PT 72. Plus several hundred third party games; they may be controversial, but I'd personally rather work through Manhattan LSAT Logic Games Challenge for a few hours than write my own.

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Post by Clyde Frog » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:49 pm

Brut wrote:
Clyde Frog wrote:
gatesome wrote:Has anyone found designing their own logic games to be helpful?

I know most study programs insist you avoid games/questions not drawn from real LSATs, but if you do it right it seems like this might be a beneficial exercise.
There are exactly 300 logic games available between pt 1-71, superprep a, b, and c, and the June 07 free lsat. Not seeing a need to make your own.
Plus the February '97 test, India 2/3/4, and the soon-to-be-released PT 72. Plus several hundred third party games; they may be controversial, but I'd personally rather work through Manhattan LSAT Logic Games Challenge for a few hours than write my own.
India 2/3/4?

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Post by jk148706 » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:56 pm

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Post by Clyde Frog » Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:03 pm

India 2/3/4?[/quote]

India lsat .. There are some free administered lsats online from India. Basically the same thing, just modified for Indian culture n stuff[/quote]


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Post by jk148706 » Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:11 pm

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Post by Clyde Frog » Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:00 pm

jk148706 wrote:
Clyde Frog wrote: Link?
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Thank you. I can't believe I've never seen this.

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Post by BPlaura » Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:45 pm

Our instructors make up games for our blog sometimes (as a just-for-fun type of practice for blog readers), but I don't see creating your own game being especially helpful for your own preparation. You can gain a great understanding of how games work just from doing the existing games; as others have mentioned, there are tons of games available for practice; and overall it would probably take more time than it's worth to create your own.

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