If you talk to halfway-decent players, they are going to talk about real-world concepts like “combined arms” and “American armor is not invincible or even particularly good” rather than zerg rushes. In the previous guide to ALB, I used the name to segue into a point about Wargame and realism - many of the tactics in this game are taken from real-world tactical necessities, rather than video gamey tactics. The name Red Dragon comes from one faction of the game (collectively referred to as “REDFOR”) and Dragon because.dragons are.neat, I guess? I don’t know, I think it’s a silly name too. Eugen takes the “Wargame” moniker quite seriously, and this game more closely resembles a fast-paced tabletop wargame than most video game RTSes. If you are new to Wargame, it is best to approach it like a new experience, and not to rely on the lessons learned in other games. If you play it like you play other RTS games, you will get your ass kicked. It is absolutely nothing like Starcraft or C&C. You can expect this game to be lovingly supported with balance patches and even free DLC, just like the games that came before it, Wargame: European Escalation and Wargame: AirLand Battle. These guys are pretty damn good developers, all things considered.

Wargame: Red Dragon is a real time strategy (RTS) game made by developers Eugen Systems. So, welcome to Wargame! Let’s start off by discussing the important questions - “ What’s a Wargame? Is it like Starcraft or Command and Conquer? Red Dragon is a stupid name, do the developers not speak English very well or something?” As with last time, Steam's crappy guide editor just makes it too damn difficult to regularly update - so a live updated version will be on Google Docs. Please feel free to leave a comment pointing out any errors or outdated information. If you've read that, a lot of the information still applies, but a lot of it is new, too. This is a remake and expansion of my 176-page guide for Wargame: AirLand Battle. As a courtesy, I seperated out all the subjective details and made them easy to distinguish.

So I wrote a guide with an informal tone and a lot of general rules-of-thumb and opinions to go along with the objective information. I wanted to create a guide that taught a new player all they need to know to dive right in - a one-stop shop to teach all the basics, mindset, and units of the game instead of having to read a few dozen different tutorials - and hopefully shorten that period of learning the ropes tremendously.but I also wanted to write it in an informal, down-to-earth style that lacks the sterility and even the objectivity of most user guides. I wanted to do something a little different with this guide.

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