There is exactly one possible order in which the cities are used if which one of the following is true?
Karen-Norrison February 1, 2022
Why is this not a guru game?
I've watched the video explanation for this game, but everytime I see this game I'm tempted to set it up like a GURU game because of the T/M and V/L blocks, but then when I start setting up templates, I see there are just way too many variations to treat this as a GURU game. How would I know this from the outset? Also, is there a way or reason to treat this as a kind of modified guru game with just a few set-ups?
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Great question! It is often not clear from the outset whether a game is a GURU game or not. Luckily, you don't need to commit to making scenarios until after all the rules and the deductions, so that gives you time to develop your hunch. If you suspect a game might be a GURU game at the start, don't commit yourself yet. Throughout the rules/deductions keep asking yourself: "With this new information, is this game lending itself even more to scenarios or not?" If you finish the deductions and are still unsure (like might be the case in a game like this), start designing the scenarios in your head rather than going straight to writing them out. Ask yourself: "Would this game separate out nicely into 4-6 scenarios?" If it would, then go ahead and write them out. If it's splitting into too many scenarios, go straight into questions.
In this particular game, it does indeed initially hint towards a GURU game. For example, we are starting with relatively few variables (6) and we have a lot of strong rules. However, when we try to make the scenarios, we find that there are actually way too many ways to split those two spatial blocks (because the order isn't fixed), so it's not lending itself to scenarios and we should go straight into questions.
I hope this clarifies things. Keep in mind that there are games in which doing scenarios or not doing scenarios can both work out. In these games, the choice to do scenarios depends on your comfort-level with scenarios and timing.
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Cody-Nelsonon December 27, 2022
The explanation video didn't elucidate why (E)Washington is used in the second year. Was not correct because the answer choice he it's a trick question and looks like it functions interchangeably with (D) be true, the rule allows BNW to be before after each other, so the answer is ambiguous
Emil-Kunkinon April 28, 2023
E is incorrect because there are way more than one way to setup the game where w is 2.
