The dreaded logic games – they are initially really hard, but they’re also really learnable. At Blueprint, we’ve seen people’s LSAT scores rocket up due to major improvement with logic games. But what they’ve had in common is this one major thing: practice, practice, practice.

Logic Games Are Terrifying

It’s true. At Blueprint, we’ve seen many first time LSAT takers shake in their galoshes when they see their first batch of games. It’s a strange, unintuitive section. In our experience at Blueprint LSAT Prep, it’s not uncommon for people to even rethink going to law school when they see logic games for the first time. Which is understandable, considering that they look like math on acid.

Demystifying Logic Games

But the thing is, logic games really aren’t that bad. While they look insanely complicated and varied, pretty much all of them involve either putting things in an order or putting things into groups (or a combination of both). Once you start breaking apart logic games, we at Blueprint LSAT Prep assure you that you’ll see that they’re not as terrible as you may have first thought. With practice, you’ll be able to quickly recognize what type of game you’re looking at, and know how to attack it.

Building Speed

Once you do some practice, you will soon have the ability to do nearly any game. The problem, as far as we can see at Blueprint, is that the LSAT is a timed test, so you have to learn to do them both correctly and quickly. So you need to do a lot of game exercises and take many practice exams. Once you have the skills down, doing the actual games again and again will help to build up the speed. If you’re in an LSAT class, we at Blueprint advise you to do all the homework so you get this practice.

Make the Games Cry

Games are one of those sections that, if you get really good, you can get 100% on all games sections, and finish early. You can use that extra time to look around and pity the other poor fools in the room. Getting this section to 100% is an amazing feat, and allows you to focus more on LR and RC. It sounds difficult to do, and it is, but it’s not impossible. At Blueprint LSAT, we’ve seen many people go from finding games terrifying to finding them, actually, yes, fun. We at Blueprint LSAT have even seen people start to look at games as if they were crossword puzzles (which, yes, is sort of sad). But if you can actually make part of the LSAT fun, your studies will be a lot easier, you’ll be more motivated, and you’ll want to drown yourself in a river a little less.

Article edited by Jodi Triplett and Trent Teti, founders of Blueprint LSAT Prep. Blueprint LSAT Prep was founded in 2005, and Blueprint’s LSAT curriculum can be found in both live and online course form.