head to head
vs
Quarantine Zone: The Last CheckvsThis Is the Police
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Quarantine Zone: The Last CheckThis Is the Police
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check leans harder on execution: Inspecting survivors and managing defenses needs no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check leans harder on variance: Each arrival's infection status is hidden until inspected
Optimization7 vs 7
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.