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A Castle Full of Cats cover artvsBroken Sword: The Smoking Mirror cover art

A Castle Full of CatsvsBroken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

A Castle Full of Cats leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
A Castle Full of CatsBroken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

A Castle Full of Cats leans harder on variance: Hidden cats are unknown positions until spotted

Optimization3 vs 3

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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A Castle Full of Cats

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Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror