You can play either and they are both fantastic. wotr then kingmaker might be a better order though since imo the difficulty curve is better done in wotr so it might be the easier of the two to learn the system with

Disc room is such a fun game and it has almost no story

I really enjoyed road 96 and the prequel. It took me a bit to warm up to the prequel's skating thing but I ended up really enjoying my time with it. I am looking forward to seeing what they do next in that setting.