Diagram

[opulence2001]

Could someone break down this game for me please?

I used this section to practice my pacing and when I ran across this game I ended up skipping it altogether because the third rule really threw me off. It says All Three officers must be assigned to the Policy Committee. Really? Does this in fact mean that the policy committee is spoken for because F,G,and H go there?

[giladedelman]

Yes!!! That's exactly what it means!

I know that seems like an unusual constraint, but it's not our job to think about stuff like that. It's our job to interpret the constraints literally, and then make whatever valid inferences we can.

Now that you understand the constraints, why don't you take one more shot at this game, and see what you come up with?

[opulence2001]

I went ahead with this game, and I was able to go through the questions. It's a shame I didn't just go for it when I was doing my pacing exercise because it's not a bad game at all. The rule just seemed way too simple, and I second guessed my understanding:x

[mcrittell]

I have the diagram as followed:

P-F/G/H
Q-(F/G/H)/(l/m/k)/(k/l/m)
S-k/(F/G/H)/(l/m)

How else would you diagram this?

[giladedelman]

I wouldn't recommend writing out all the possibilities for every slot, though maybe putting F/G/H in Q and S makes sense if you don't mind the clutter. My diagram looks like this (rotated ninety degrees, of course):

P: F G H
Q: _ _ _
S: K _ _

[matthew.mainen]

This game and the others for this test seemed a bit more difficult than what I saw in the past 16 tests. How do these games rank in difficulty compared to current tests?