head to head
vs
Goose Goose DuckvsTabletop Simulator
Goose Goose Duck leans Reads (Pure Mind Games); Tabletop Simulator leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).
Goose Goose DuckTabletop Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads9 vs 4
Goose Goose Duck leans harder on reads: Reading and deceiving human imposters is the entire game
Variance3 vs 4
Tabletop Simulator leans harder on variance: Dice and shuffled decks supply whatever randomness the game has
Optimization2 vs 3
Tabletop Simulator leans harder on optimization: Strategy lives in the hosted game, not the simulator
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.