Planning
Thinking several moves ahead before you commit to the first one.
Lessons
- Thinking before you moveWhat planning is, how the mind builds a plan, and the three planning skills our games train.
- What planning predictsThe evidence linking planning to exam results and work, what tower tasks really measure, and where the evidence runs out.
- Where planning is testedHow planning appears in Indian placement tests, CAT, GMAT, UPSC and bank exams, game-based assessments and case interviews, with what is official and what is candidate-reported.
- Training your look-aheadWhat practice can and cannot change, seven planning strategies that carry across puzzles, and a four-week plan using our games.
Game guides
- Towers of LondonThe exact rules, levels and scoring of our Towers of London game, the research task behind it, and a step-by-step method with worked puzzles.
- ShiftMazeHow our push-puzzle game works, why irreversible moves are the real test, and a method for routing the ball without jamming a crate.
- Number BuilderThe exact rules of our Number Builder chains, how each level tightens them, and a backwards-working method that finds the one digit set that fits.