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Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Call of Cthulhu leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Call of Cthulhu leans harder on variance: skill checks add randomness

Optimization4 vs 3

Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion leans harder on optimization: Light turn-based combat and exploration with shallow systems

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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