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King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame cover artvsThe Lord of the Rings Online cover art

King Arthur: The Role-Playing WargamevsThe Lord of the Rings Online

King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lord of the Rings Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on execution: Raid content has limited twitch demand versus action MMOs

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame leans harder on optimization: Army builds, hero skills and campaign economy decide wars

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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