Logic Games

[Patrick Duffy]

How do you set up the board for these things? You know, the ones where it says "the man in the white house drives a Honda. Karen does not live next to the dog owner. etc."

I think if I remember correctly, you write all the names going down the side of the paper, then across the top you do the other categories or something? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[billygrippo]

yes. sounds like you answered your own question.

[madnak]

Right. You create a grid so there is an intersection for each combination of variables. So if there are 3 variables then you'd have two columns (var1, var 3) and two rows (var2,var3). Since the var3/var3 box is redundant you don't need to include it. The result is an "upside-down staircase."

See here for a 4-variable example.