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KholatvsTears of Themis

Kholat leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Tears of Themis leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Kholat leans harder on execution: Walking the mountain takes no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Tears of Themis leans harder on optimization: Card levelling and team math decide debate checks

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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