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GROUPED by Game Type: LSAT Analytical Reasoning: The Complete Collection of Actual, Official Logic Games from PrepTests 1-20

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Logic games were by far my weakest section (keyword: "were"!) so I've definitely gone through my fair share of logic games books. First off, let me say that I absolutely love that Grouped by Game Type uses actual and official LSAT questions. I bought the book for this reason alone. Let me give you some words of advice: DO NOT use any books that do not contain real LSAT questions! Trust me, you don't want to waste your time on the fake ones.

I started my prep with PowerScore's Logic Games Bible. It was good but I needed more practice questions. I almost bought their Logic Games Workbook, but I decided against it when I heard that it uses questions from the later PrepTests so sometimes when you do practice tests you come across questions you've already done before. This book turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. I really liked that Grouped by Game Type uses only questions from the earlier PrepTests so I knew there was no overlap when I did practice test later on.

I'd heard that you just need a lot of drilling and repetition to do well on Logic Games. That is sooooo true and this book is PERFECT for drilling. It provides you with 80 logic games from real LSAT's (more than any other book that I know of!) The best part is that the book divides all 80 games up by type. I just did game after game after game of each type until I finally started getting it. By doing this, I went from only being able to finish 3 out of the 4 games on practice tests to getting zero wrong on the real thing! This book is a MUST for anyone not consistently getting -1 or -0 on the logic games section!

I've written a more detailed review of this book on my LSAT blog. However, I just wanted to briefly note that this book is much better than the previous alternative, Kaplan LSAT Mastery Practice.

Grouped by Game Type contains every LSAT Logic Game from PrepTests 1-20, so it includes some Logic Games that are otherwise out-of-print and difficult to find in book form. It organizes Logic Games according to their various types, while the Kaplan Mastery book lumps together some games that are very unlike each other and just includes a random assortment of games.

I am a professional LSAT tutor, and I use this as a workbook for teaching my students the logic games. It is a no-nonsense compilation of all of the logic games from tests 1-20, clearly and intuitively organized. This book is a great tool for helping students to master the logic games - I teach them a strategy for diagramming and solving a certain type of game, and then they are able to apply that strategy several times over to reinforce their learning. Highly recommended.

I was very excited to purchase this book, as I am preparing for the LSAT and struggle with Analytical Reasoning. I somewhat suspected the book did not contain explanations for the correct answers because the book description did not say so; however, I still purchased the book because I figured the practice would be good anyway. I just received the book today. I did a few games right away in excitement and yes, as I predicted, I was frustrated with the questions I got wrong and could not figure out why they were wrong and there was no explanation to help me.
I do think the book will be great practice but I know I will have to continue spending money on private LSAT tutoring to get help understanding the answers I can not figure out.