We’ve got good news for people who love lists: this week, The New Yorker launched Catalogues, a game that involves putting a list of clues in the right order. It was described to me as a mix between a trivia game and a puzzle. You can play it here, or by visiting the Play tab of the New Yorker app. (Not to brag, but I solved yesterday’s on the first try.)I caught up with Liz Maynes-Aminzade, our puzzles-and-games editor, to discuss the origins of the new game, and to get her best advice for those eager to kick off a winning streak.The following conversation has been edited and condensed.O.K., explain to me how this new game works.Basically, Catalogues is an ordering game, and your goal is always to put a list of seven items into order. Sometimes there’s an initial step where you have to figure out exactly what kind of ordering you’re being asked to do. For example, one recent game was called “Person of the Year.” You were given seven descriptions of famous figures (e.g., “Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy of ‘Little Women’ ”), and you had to put them in calendar order based on the month in their names (they’re the March sisters).Fun! How did this game come about?It was based on a game called Order Up! that was made by a writer and game designer named Adam Wagner, who has also contributed a bunch of great crossword puzzles to The New Yorker. My team and I came across it a couple of years ago, really liked it, and got kind of addicted. We were looking for games to acquire, so we bought it from Adam, and then went through a redesign process, both to think about the game mechanics and to give it the New Yorker design treatment.How long have you all been working on it?We acquired it about a year ago, along with what is now Shuffalo. We redesigned and launched that one first. We started work on Catalogues in earnest last fall.Do you have any advice for players who want to win every day?A few good things to know are the types of ordering rules you might encounter. Some of the most common ones are numerical, like a list of buildings that you’re supposed to arrange by height. And then a lot are alphabetical—we ran one for the launch where the clues all refer to famous fictional cats. (For instance, “Jon’s lasagna-loving pet” is Garfield.) Once you figure out who they are, you put them in alphabetical order based on their name. And then there are some trickier ones, like the calendar example I gave you.This is probably true of most games, but you get better at it the more you play. You get a feel for the kind of word play and misdirection that’s often involved in the titles. And you just start seeing lists everywhere.Play today’s game »The best way to keep up with Catalogues and our other games is by downloading the New Yorker app, available on iOS and Android.One more thing: Recognize the famous face in the Catalogues demonstration above? Watch the comedian Tim Meadows (and his cat colleague named Finian) explain the game.Editor’s PickThe Changing Face of “Authenticity” in PoliticsThe Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner won praise for being “authentic.” Now his campaign is facing scandal. Jon Allsop considers what it means to keep it real in politics. Read or listen to the story »More Top Stories“If any of you figured out how to stick an Apple Watch up your ass or whatever to record, just please don’t put it on the internet,” Phoebe Bridgers told the audience at Madison Square Garden last night. Holden Seidlitz, who was in the crowd, reports on the finale of the singer’s hush-hush mini comeback tour.