Rouge Game Resources

[andrewgong01]

I was wondering if there was any resource out there on our Student Center or Strategy Guides etc that may cover more infomation on new weird game types?

[andrewgong01]

I think they are called Transpositional Games ( the type of "Rouge" Games I am reffering to and not the rouge games like the Dinosaur or Window Color Game)

For example, the PrepTest 80 Building Trade Game, Prep 79 Computer Virus,, Prep72 Company Tool Game. In other words, the games where it is not a standard ordering or grouping game (or hybrid) but one where it is more abstract where things are just 'moving across' different elements.

[ohthatpatrick]

The best resource for weird games is to do older tests, like from PT1 – 40.

By definition, if a game is hard because “we’ve never seen this sort of thing before”, then there aren’t any previous games or chapters I could refer you to.

And test prep companies (as well as test takers) don’t read too much into ONE exemplar of a new game type. There are plenty of one-off game tasks that never appeared again. We need to see that this is “a new thing” LSAT plans to test us on, before we invest time trying to teach / master it (beyond just getting through the one example of the game that exists).

Every time I see a really hard/new game, the primary takeaway I have is, “Man … I’m gonna have to learn to be REALLY good at normal, recognizable games so that I have a nice 15 minute cushion for that last game.”

There’s also a game in Test 77 that was brand new … (it was like a fantasy draft, but instead of getting 1st pick, 2nd pick, etc. for a fantasy sports team, it was all about getting to call dibs on which office you wanted the most).

The virus game, the building trade game, and the office lottery game all seem sufficiently distinct to me to defy categorization.

To me the virus game is basically a relative ordering game with just a little complexity on top.

The building trade game is crazy tough. There are a couple other “Process” games back in the tests 1-40 range that are similar only insofar as they are annoying, and you might have to repeat the process more than once.

The company tool game is a “Process” game that is very similar to a game from one of the Superprep tests (it’s about car factories).

In general, I would say practice more older Games sections, since they will throw more curveballs.

Get impressively fast at “normal” games.

When you see an “abnormal, what is this?” game, take deep breaths, calm down, and start writing!

Whenever I am doing a game I don’t recognize or understand, I force myself to write out three, different, legal scenarios.