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GrimGrimoirevsWarcraft: Orcs & Humans

GrimGrimoire leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on variance: Fog of war hides enemy composition

Optimization8 vs 7

GrimGrimoire leans harder on optimization: Summon-economy and counter-composition planning leads

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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