head to head
vs
Hand of FatevsVagante
Hand of Fate leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Vagante leans Variance (Twitch Chaos).
Hand of FateVagante
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Vagante leans harder on execution: Tight platform combat where one mistake ends runs
Reads1 vs 0
Hand of Fate leans harder on reads: The Dealer is scripted; encounters don't adapt to your style
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.