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A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition leans Reads (Mind & Math); Legends of Runeterra leans Reads (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION1 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital EditionLegends of Runeterra

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads8 vs 7

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition leans harder on reads: Negotiation and predicting human players' moves is central

Variance3 vs 5

Legends of Runeterra leans harder on variance: Less draw RNG than peers but still present

Optimization7 vs 7

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 Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition

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