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Inkulinati cover artvsPokemon Stadium 2 cover art

InkulinativsPokemon Stadium 2

Inkulinati leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokemon Stadium 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
InkulinatiPokemon Stadium 2

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Pokemon Stadium 2 leans harder on variance: Accuracy rolls, crits, rental rosters add randomness

Optimization8 vs 7

Inkulinati leans harder on optimization: Positioning, action economy and bestiary builds are deeply 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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