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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game cover artvsThrone of Lies: Medieval Politics cover art

Gwent: The Witcher Card GamevsThrone of Lies: Medieval Politics

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game leans Reads (Mind & Math); Throne of Lies: Medieval Politics leans Reads (Pure Mind Games).

EXECUTION1 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Gwent: The Witcher Card GameThrone of Lies: Medieval Politics

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Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads8 vs 9

Throne of Lies: Medieval Politics leans harder on reads: Reading and deceiving adapting human players is the entire game

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 4

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game leans harder on optimization: Row control and point denial strategies are analytically 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.

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Throne of Lies: Medieval Politics