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General Game Strategy



Summary
The lesson outlines a comprehensive strategy for tackling logic games on the GRE, emphasizing the importance of goal-setting, understanding game setup, and effectively approaching questions.
  • Understand your goals for each game, including how many questions you need to answer and whether you can afford to skip the game.
  • Follow a four-step process for game setup: Identify the game type and draw a master diagram, diagram the rules, make inferences, and draw limited options.
  • Approach questions with a four-step method: Identify the question type, choose the appropriate diagrams, answer the question, and watch your pacing to manage time effectively.
  • The importance of distinguishing between global and local questions, as well as list questions and could/must be true/false questions, to select the right diagrams and strategies.
  • Emphasizes the strategy of moving on to the next game if the current one exceeds the time limit to avoid jeopardizing the overall score.
Chapters
00:12
Understanding Your Goals
00:41
Game Setup Strategy
01:49
Approaching the Questions