head to head
vs
Adventure PopvsKingdom: New Lands
Adventure Pop leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Kingdom: New Lands leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Adventure PopKingdom: New Lands
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Adventure Pop leans harder on execution: Tapping bubble clusters needs little precision
Reads1 vs 0
Adventure Pop leans harder on reads: Opponents don't adapt to your strategy meaningfully
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 8
Kingdom: New Lands leans harder on optimization: Expansion order and economy timing decide survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.