head to head
vs
Front Page Sports FootballvsMount & Blade: Warband
Front Page Sports Football leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Front Page Sports FootballMount & Blade: Warband
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 2
Front Page Sports Football leans harder on reads: reading human opponent's play calling
Variance4 vs 3
Front Page Sports Football leans harder on variance: play outcome randomness
Optimization7 vs 8
Mount & Blade: Warband leans harder on optimization: Trade routes, troop trees, and fief management are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.