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Darkwood cover artvsDeath Road to Canada cover art

DarkwoodvsDeath Road to Canada

Darkwood leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Death Road to Canada leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DarkwoodDeath Road to Canada

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 8

Death Road to Canada leans harder on variance: Random events, recruits and city layouts define every run

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.

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