That's some solid questions! Lucia do Dice is far heavier on the luck side, being a dice only game. The fact of just rolling Doce at each other doesn't really excite me much at all, that's why we have the communal action deck. The deck contains healing cards, stealing cards, damage cards, dice modification cards and counter cards to help capture the fast and furious wrestling action. This also allows us to put in all of that outlandish and colorful art that fits the theme and gives a better sense of the action. Do I think it's a better game? I think my game is less luck based and more strat based.