head to head
vs
Expeditions: ConquistadorvsShadowrun Returns
Expeditions: Conquistador leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Shadowrun Returns leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Expeditions: ConquistadorShadowrun Returns
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Shadowrun Returns leans harder on execution: Turn-based tactical combat; cover positioning deliberate not reactive
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Expeditions: Conquistador leans harder on variance: Hidden event outcomes and disease rolls create meaningful unknown-information encounters
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.