{"id":5620,"date":"2019-09-10T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/lsat-the-180\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:40:43","slug":"lsat-logic-games-process-and-mapping-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/lsat\/lsat-logic-games-process-and-mapping-games\/","title":{"rendered":"LSAT Logic Games: Process and Mapping Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 2016 September and December administrations of the LSAT, test takers faced the unexpected: a very rare Process Game appeared in the scored Logic Games section. Along with Mapping Games, Process Games have been an extremely rare Logic Game type that was more prevalent in pre-2000 LSATs. What better way to stress you out than to throw at you what seems to be something you haven\u2019t prepared for?
\nYou are<\/span><\/i> prepared\u2014more so than you may realize. Process and Mapping Games are somewhat more time-consuming variations on the predominant Logic Game type on the LSAT: Sequencing Games. Thus, Processing and Mapping Games are susceptible to the same strategies and methods that you use to conquer Sequencing Games (both Strict and Loose) that make up more than 50 percent of the Logic Games on Test Day.<\/span>
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What are Process Games?<\/h3>
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\nOn the September 2016 LSAT, a Process Game involving the tracking of how a virus spread from one networked computer to another created a contagious panic among unsavvy test takers. The key rule\/limitation was that any given computer could spread the virus to a maximum of two other computers on the network.
\nDecember 2016\u2019s LSAT offered a Hybrid Process-Matching Game in which three real estate companies owned some variation of Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 properties. In addition to this Matching element, the Logic Game introduced a Processing complication: a Class 1 property could be traded for exactly two Class 2 properties, and a Class 2 property could be traded for exactly two Class 3 properties. Adding insult to injury, the game imposed no limit on the number of trades.<\/span>
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What are Mapping Games?<\/h3>
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\nMapping Games have been even rarer. In 2014, for the first time in more than a decade, a Mapping Game made an appearance on the LSAT. Before that instance, Mapping Games were nonetheless a rare phenomenon even on LSATs in the 1990s.
\nIn one particular Mapping Game of yore, test takers had to plot the route of stations in a circular subway plan, including an \u201cexpress\u201d route or two whereby a subway line could cross the circle.<\/span>
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Sequencing Strategy<\/h3>
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\nHowever, just as with any portion of the LSAT that might make you feel like you\u2019re out of your element, you should treat Mapping and Process Logic Games the same way you would a Reading Comprehension passage on subject matter totally outside of your experience:<\/p>\n
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  1. Pause and take a cleansing breath,<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Search for familiar patterns endemic to <\/span>any<\/span><\/i> game type, and<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Resort to the tried-and-true techniques that enable you to dominate other LGs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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