head to head
TharsisvsYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Tharsis leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
TharsisYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance8 vs 7
Tharsis leans harder on variance: Dice rolls and event draws brutally dominate each turn
Optimization7 vs 8
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans harder on optimization: Memorising fusion combinations is the real game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

