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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsGods Will Be Watching

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Gods Will Be Watching leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsGods Will Be Watching

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Gods Will Be Watching leans harder on variance: Dice rolls and hidden thresholds can sink correct plans

Optimization6 vs 7

Gods Will Be Watching leans harder on optimization: Resource and morale balancing per scenario is mappable math

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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