Misc Games

gparmar92gparmar92 Alum Member
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Hi everyone,I was wondering if anybody had any strategies on how to study misc or really weird/one of a kind type games?

As an example consider G4 from Prep-Test 72. I bombed that game during my practice test, and I'm not sure what else to do besides watch the video. Its not like bombing an in-out game where you can refer to back to many other examples of in-out games and practice those. This game seems like a one of a kind sort of thing.

I'm writing the test in Dec. and I'm just worried because if something along the lines of the above example game comes up, I don't think I'll do very well on that game. The silver-lining in the clouds here is that I'm comfortable with all the more formulaic or generic types of games (e.g. in/out, sequencing etc.). But if I run into a G4 from PT 72 in dec. that could be a big score difference, and affect my admissions chances for specific schools :/

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  • TheMikeyTheMikey Alum Member
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    I'm not really sure if there is a way to study for misc. games besides just doing them tbh. They, as you know, differ a lot from normal games and from one another. This makes it hard to study for them and come up with a set way of doing them.

    What I recommend is to do all of the misc games from 1-39 and just get used to making non-normal game boards. There are some misc games, however, that you can make a game board similar to a grouping game or sequencing game but the game is still a weird one. for example, (spoiler if you haven't done PT 79 yet) the viruses game on this PT is a very tough game, especially at first glance, but if you accommodate it to be like a sequencing game (aka something you already know) then you are golden because that is what it basically is, just in a weird way.

  • AlexAlex Alum Member ⭐
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    The best advice is just to remain calm and begin writing down rules. These games aren't actually harder than regular games. I actually gave my friend an odd ball game and a regular sequencing game. He missed -3 on each game and did them each in like 15 minutes untimed.

    Don't get paralyzed.

    Here is a partial list of some older misc game you can try out:

    PT1-S2-G1
    PT6-S4-G3
    PT20-S3-G4
    PT21-S1-G3
    PT30-S1-G1
    PT9-S3-G4
    PT4-S3-G4
    PT8-S2-G2
    PT18-S1-G3
    PT18-S1-G4
    PT12-S2-G4
    PT10-S2-G3
    PT16-S1-G4
    PT2-S3-G3
    PT13-S1-G4
    PT6-S4-G4
    PT15-S4-G2
    PT11-S1-G4

  • gparmar92gparmar92 Alum Member
    153 karma

    @TheMikey said:
    I'm not really sure if there is a way to study for misc. games besides just doing them tbh. They, as you know, differ a lot from normal games and from one another. This makes it hard to study for them and come up with a set way of doing them.

    What I recommend is to do all of the misc games from 1-39 and just get used to making non-normal game boards. There are some misc games, however, that you can make a game board similar to a grouping game or sequencing game but the game is still a weird one. for example, (spoiler if you haven't done PT 79 yet) the viruses game on this PT is a very tough game, especially at first glance, but if you accommodate it to be like a sequencing game (aka something you already know) then you are golden because that is what it basically is, just in a weird way.

    That helps a lot, thanks a ton! I think you're right the key to these sort of games is to become comfortable being uncomfortable and not to panic just because a game doesn't immediately fit the mold of something that I saw in the curriculum.

  • gparmar92gparmar92 Alum Member
    153 karma

    @"Alex Divine" said:
    The best advice is just to remain calm and begin writing down rules. These games aren't actually harder than regular games. I actually gave my friend an odd ball game and a regular sequencing game. He missed -3 on each game and did them each in like 15 minutes untimed.

    Don't get paralyzed.

    Here is a partial list of some older misc game you can try out:

    PT1-S2-G1
    PT6-S4-G3
    PT20-S3-G4
    PT21-S1-G3
    PT30-S1-G1
    PT9-S3-G4
    PT4-S3-G4
    PT8-S2-G2
    PT18-S1-G3
    PT18-S1-G4
    PT12-S2-G4
    PT10-S2-G3
    PT16-S1-G4
    PT2-S3-G3
    PT13-S1-G4
    PT6-S4-G4
    PT15-S4-G2
    PT11-S1-G4

    You have no idea how much I appreciate this list. Usually I do about 3 tests per week and take 2 days to just do re-do certain LR sections that were difficult or particular games that I struggled with. I can use this list for those practice days to work through, so thank you so much. :smiley:

  • akistotleakistotle Member ⭐ 🍌🍌
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    I think Misc games test our ability in understanding rules. We can’t categorize these games, but once we understand the rules, these games are really simple.

    But I think these take up time because these are not so formulaic. So I think the key is to do other games quickly. When I did PT72, I had almost 15 minutes left for the last game, so I spent almost 7 minutes writing out various possibilities in order to understand the game and was able to do questions under 3 minutes.

  • TheMikeyTheMikey Alum Member
    4196 karma

    @akistotle said:
    I think Misc games test our ability in understanding rules. We can’t categorize these games, but once we understand the rules, these games are really simple.

    But I think these take up time because these are not so formulaic. So I think the key is to do other games quickly. When I did PT72, I had almost 15 minutes left for the last game, so I spent almost 7 minutes writing out various possibilities in order to understand the game and was able to do questions under 3 minutes.

    totally agree. I think the best way to just figure out a misc game that you really don't get is to just focus on the rules and go with your gut on the questions..

    PT 80, I went with my gut for 3 questions and ended up getting those 3 out of 5 right by just knowing the rules and playing around with them in my head.

    when in doubt, zone in hard on the rules

  • BumblebeeBumblebee Member
    640 karma

    Thank you so much for the helpful post+ comment thread! "Keep calm and focus on the rules" is key for misc games. Dont freeze :)

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