What's the structure of the games section in the LSAT?

Answer 1

There are always four games per Logic Game (Analytical reasoning) section.

Each game consists of 5-7 questions, totalling 23 questions (older tests had 24).

The games typically get harder as you progress through the section, with a game 1 being easier than game 4.

There is a paragraph containing general rules followed by some more explicit single sentence rules that typically affect a few specific variables.

The first question is typically a list question - this question really checks to see if you understand the rules of the game. You check the rules and eliminate answers that violate those rules leaving you with one correct scenario.

Then there are "if" and non-if questions.

I recommend doing the "if" questions first because they give you information toward a correct solution. They won't always help on the non-if questions, but often they do.

Let me know if you have any further questions! Games are my specialty =)

Answer 2

Typically there are approximately 4 games in a section and about 23 sections. (About 6 questions a section.) I found that the games increased in difficulty. The games begin by giving laying the rules, and often with the most common question type: "Which is an acceptable order?" Even though each game is unique, you can become very comfortable with common questions such as "Which must be true, which cannot be true, which could be true, and If blank is true then what must be true."

Answer 3

There are always 4 games in the section, about 5 to 7 questions each. There is no difficulty order and there's no prescribed types of games that need to be included, but typically you'll get at least one "ordering" type game at least. I always recommend taking the first minute to flip through the section and on the top right corner put the number of questions associated with each game. Once you do that, you work on the games in descending order since more questions equals more possible points. As a tie breaker, I also count the number of rules given. The more rules, the better since more of the diagram will be able to be deciphered. I always also number the rules on the actual sheet as it helps me go back and take a look if need be (although I usually recommend diagramming the rules themselves and/or writing them into your drawing directly).