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Jalopy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans harder on execution: Defusing under a timer punishes fumbling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans harder on variance: Random module combinations every bomb

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.

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