head to head
vs
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing WargamevsRome: Total War
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rome: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing WargameRome: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Rome: Total War leans harder on execution: Real-time battle micro rewards quick unit handling
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame leans harder on variance: Battle rolls and morale add bounded randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.