head to head
vs
Buckshot RoulettevsCatan Universe
Buckshot Roulette leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Catan Universe leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Buckshot RouletteCatan Universe
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Buckshot Roulette leans harder on execution: Trivial click inputs.
Reads4 vs 5
Catan Universe leans harder on reads: Trading and robber targeting are human negotiation
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.