History VideoGame / WargameRedDragon

The main addition to this version of the game is the introduction of [[HistoryOfNavalWarfare naval combat]], although it stays more to the littoral side of things, the biggest ships are the Kongo class destroyers.

* AussiesWithArtillery: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the Australian Defence Forces and their New Zealand counterparts (merged together under the ANZAC umbrella) are a playable faction on the NATO side. "Diggers" (Australian infantry) are a mainstay of many Commonwealth decks, and Australian Leopard tanks are a fast and inexpensive counterpart to the slower, heavier British Chieftains.

* [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Brits With Battleships]]: Now with the Type 21 Frigate and Eurofighters! British tanks are perhaps the best embodiment of MightyGlacier in the game: relatively slow, but extremely well-armored and packing a tremendous punch. Infantry tends to be very well rounded and has a great shock infantry ranging from Ghurkas to British Paras, but lacks in the SF category (ironically have three Special forces). Plus Harriers and Eurofighters Typhoons. Coalition partners are Canada and ANZAC, making for a strong infantry category.
* CanucksWithChinooks: Canada returns in Red Dragon, becoming a force on-tier with the French and the Germans. In contrast to their British cousins, the Canadians have a variety of specialist vehicles and fast tanks, which along with Australian infantry and aircraft gives the Commonwealth a very well-balanced force.
* ChineseWithChopperSupport: The PLA is now a playable faction. With a rather average force for the game, while lacking attack choppers similar to other Redfor nations, make up with good infantry and AA capability's.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: This game takes place between 1975 and 1995.

* [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Gauls With Grenades]]: Including the La Fayette class frigate. France infantry tends be overall good compared to its Bluefor counterparts, tanks tend to be Fast and hard-hitting, but lightly-armored. Air Force is unusually high tier (having high tier Rafale Ms to small and spammable F-8s) and one of the four Bluefor nations to get attack helos similar to the Apache. Their Coalition partner is Germany, making for an interesting and highly effective force if used right.
** and returning from ALB, the [[LegionofLostSouls Foreign Legion]]

* KaijuDefenseForce: With Kongo class cruisers! new playable faction, tends to use mostly American equipment dating back to the 50s mixed with modern tech.
* KiwisWithCarbines: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the New Zealand military and their Australian counterparts (merged together under the ANZAC umbrella) are a playable faction on the NATO side.
* UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar: two campaigns has a Second Korean War starting.

* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the North Koreans are now one of the playable factions on the Warsaw Pact side. Their hallmark is their generally cheap-and-cheery infantry available in very large numbers, an excellent Shock/SF force and a weird selection of units (from APCs with Anti-air missiles to T-90S [=MBTs=])

* PoleswithPoleaxes: Communist Poland is a playable faction red dragon, having arguably the best special forces in the Eastern block coalition and specialized infantry (Marines and airborne troops). Also notable for the amount of anti-air missile helos (while weak are notable for being quite spammable and cheap) and Special forces being deadly. Their Coalition partners are East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

* [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Reds With Rockets]]: Just like everyone else, the USSR can pick their Sovremenniy class or Udaloy destroyers, along with a variety of other ships and weapons. As in ''Airland Battle'', their forces are very well-rounded and straightforward, and they are one of two countries--the US is the other--not to be a coalition choice.

* SouthKoreansWithMarines: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the South Koreans are now a playable faction on the NATO side. Using obsolete M48 tanks to K1 MBTs, infantry is underwhelming and has a US tier air force and helicopter force. Paired with Japan as they're coalition partner
* [[TankGoodness Tank Goodness]]: If a tank was fielded by any East Asian nation in this game's time period, it's probably in here somewhere.

* [[WorldWarIII World War III]]: War in Korea or various other parts of Asia are part of the campaign.
* [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks Yanks With Tanks]]: US units can be fielded as part of a NATO force. They have one of the widest unit selections available to any nation, rivaled only by the USSR.
* YanksWithTanks: as expected of a Cold War setting, the Americans get involved with their Pegasus hydrofoils and Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. American ground forces present a generally well-balanced mixture of units with an exceptional air force, although certain weaknesses (lack of good infantry ATGM, underpowered main gun on early Abrams models, generally second-rate choices of infantry AT) means that they're trickier to play than the Commonwealth or Eurocorps coalitions. Along with the USSR, the Americans are only one of two countries not to be a coalition choice.
* ZergRush: Can be done with lots of small ships or cheap tanks. Its effectiveness has been toned down somewhat in recent patches; in the past, "spam T-55s and T-34s" was a popular option.

* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: This game takes place between 1975 and 1991.

** and returning from ALB, the [[LegionofLostSouls|Foreign Legion]]

* HomeGuard: Reserve troops, like West German Heimatschutzen or British Territorials, are available troop options, for when you need a lot of low-cost troops to hold urban sectors. Mostly armed with a very poor assault rifle and launcher.
** Strangely averted with Danish/Swedish reserve troops, as they get an MG.

* Poles with Poleaxes: Communist Poland is a playable faction red dragon, having arguably the best special forces in the Eastern block coalition and specialized infantry (Marines and airborne troops). Also notable for the amount of anti-air missile helos (while weak are notable for being quite spammable and cheap) and Special forces being deadly. Their Coalition partners are East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

* SelectiveHistoricalArmory: One of the issues with the naval combat. The game's cutoff point for including historical units is 1991, but [[Main/AcceptableBreaksFromReality in the pursuit of game balance]] and [[Main/VideogameHistoricalRevisionism to avoid having the BLUFOR naval deck be entirely American]], there are several units which are much more common than they should be and others which are absent despite being very common. For example:

* SouthKoreansWithMarines: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the South Koreans are now a playable faction on the NATO side. Their tanks and infantry weapons tend to be older American models.

* ColdWar: This game takes place between 1975 and 1991.

* [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Brits With Battleships]]: Now with the Type 21 Frigate! British tanks are perhaps the best embodiment of MightyGlacier in the game: relatively slow, but extremely well-armored and packing a tremendous punch.

* CoolPlane: Now with anti-ship missiles! Ranging from the Eurofighters to Su-27s

* [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Gauls With Grenades]]: Including the La Fayette class frigate. France infantry tends be overall good compared to its Bluefor counterparts, tanks tend to be Fast and hard-hitting, but lightly-armored. Air Force is unusually high tier (having Rafale Ms to small and spammable F-8s) and one of the four Bluefor nations to get attack helos.

* KaijuDefenseForce: Now a playable faction, with all three elements represented: Ground, Air and Maritime.

* UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar: A DLC has a Second Korean War starting.

* MultinationalTeam: A key mechanic in deck-building is the ''coalition'': for instance, 'Eurocorps' (France and West Germany), 'Commonwealth' (Britain, ANZAC, and Canada), or 'Warsaw Pact' (Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia). At the cost of forcing the player to choose from the countries' unit lists, the coalition option unlocks country-specific prototypes and in some cases provides additional bonuses. They tend to be slightly more well-rounded than a single-nation deck, at the cost of less total deployment points.

* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the North Koreans are now one of the playable factions on the Warsaw Pact side. Their hallmark is their generally cheap-and-cheery infantry available in very large numbers, an excellent Shock/SF force and a weird selection of units (from APCs with Anti-air missiles to T-90S MBTs)

Wargame: Red Dragon Battle is an RTS game released by Eugen Systems in 2014, the sequel to [[VideoGame/WargameAirLandBattle Wargame: AirLand Battle]], itself a seqel to [[VideoGame/WargameEuropeanEscalation Wargame: European Escalation]]. This version of the game changes the setting from the European front to East Asia, and includes Chinese, Korean (of both flavours), Japanese, Australian and other forces in that sphere of influence. The gameplay is built around commanding a combined-arms force of forces from either side, choosing your arsenal from a vast array of pretty much every unit fielded by the in-game nations. The game has multiplayer matches from 1v1 to 10v10, as well as a campaign mode playable in 1v1 or versus the AI, optionally with a co-op partner.

* ChineseWithChopperSupport: The PLA is now a playable faction. Relatively antiquated infantry weapons mix with an eccentric blend of old Eastbloc weapons and new Western imports.

* CoolPlane: Now with anti-ship missiles!

* HomeGuard: Reserve troops, like West German Heimatschutzen or British Territorials, are available troop options, for when you need a lot of low-cost troops to hold urban sectors.

* MultinationalTeam: a key mechanic in deck-building is the ''coalition'': for instance, 'Eurocorps' (France and West Germany), 'Commonwealth' (Britain, Australia, and Canada), or 'Warsaw Pact' (Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia). At the cost of forcing the player to choose from the countries' unit lists, the coalition option unlocks country-specific prototypes and in some cases provides additional bonuses. They tend to be slightly more well-rounded than a single-nation deck, at the cost of less total deployment points.

* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the North Koreans are now one of the playable factions on the Warsaw Pact side. Their hallmark is their generally cheap-and-cheery forces, available in very large numbers. (With the exception of one of the most powerful tanks in the game, the T-90S. In reality, North Korea bought ''one'' of these tanks to reverse-engineer.)

* CoolPlane: Now with anti-ship missiles!

* [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Gauls With Grenades]]: Including the La Fayette class frigate. Fast and hard-hitting (but lightly-armored) tanks balance out the expensive, well-protected Leopards of their coalition partner, Germany.

* HomeGuard: Reserve troops, like West German Heimatschutzen or Danish Hjemmeværnet, are available troop options, for when you need a lot of low-cost troops to hold urban sectors.

* [[ColdWar Cold War]]: This game takes place between 1975 and 1991.

* [[CoolPlane Cool Plane]]: Now with anti-ship missiles!

* DoNotRunWithAGun: most units' accuracies will go straight to hell when fired on the move, unless they're very well-trained infantry with a CQC-capable squad automatic weapon, or a vehicle with a high stabilization stat. It's a bit more intuitive than in ''Airland Battle'', since individual weapons' accuracies are displayed as two stats: stationary and moving.

* HomeGuard: reserve troops, like West German Heimatschutzen or Danish Hjemmeværnet, are available troop options, for when you need a lot of low-cost troops to hold urban sectors.

* MultinationalTeam: a key mechanic in deck-building is the ''coalition'': for instance, 'Eurocorps' (France and Germany), 'Commonwealth' (Britain, Australia, and Canada), or 'Warsaw Pact' (Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia). At the cost of forcing the player to choose from the countries' unit lists, the coalition option unlocks country-specific prototypes and in some cases provides additional bonuses.

* [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Reds With Rockets]]: Just like everyone else, the USSR can pick their Sovremenny class or Udaloy destroyers, along with a variety of other ships and weapons. As in ''Airland Battle'', their forces are very well-rounded and straightforward, and they are one of two countries--the US is the other--not to be a coalition choice.

* VeteranUnits: there are five levels of veterancy: Rookie, Trained, Hardened, Veteran, Elite; each level comes with some sizable but not game-breaking buffs to accuracy, rate of fire, and resistance to shock. Unlike in most games, however, you can often choose to buy higher-experienced units from the start: you'll just have less of them per card. (Would you prefer two rookie A-10s or one elite?)

* AwesomeButImpractical: In addition to the notes on the first game's page the resource requirements for most MLRS systems and heavy howitzers have been raised to prohibitive levels.

* AussiesWithArtillery: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the Australian Defence Forces and their New Zealand counterparts (merged together under the ANZAC umbrella) are a playable faction on the NATO side.

* [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Brits With Battleships]]: Now with the Type 21 Frigate!
* CanucksWithChinooks: Canada returns in Red Dragon, becoming a force on-tier with the French and the Germans.
* ChineseWithChopperSupport: The PLA is now a playable faction.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: most units' accuracies will go straight to hell when fired on the move, unless they're very well-trained infantry with a CQC-capable squad automatic weapon, or a vehicle with a high stabilization stat.

** Naval logistics is handled in the same way, but without fuel, which is abstracted since in reality it usually takes a ship at least a week to run out of fuel. Ships can be re-armed from a [=FOB=] located on the coast where possible, or from the new Naval supply ships. Which can themselves be resupplied from the [=FOB=].
* [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Gauls With Grenades]]: Including the La Fayette class frigate.

** They do however avert this trope when engaging enemy anti-ship missiles. It's not uncommon to see the Kongos 5 inch gun just snipe an incoming SS-N-22 Sunburn out of the sky. On top of that, the CIWS of most ships almost never misses its mark when missiles are incoming.

* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the North Koreans are now one of the playable factions on the Warsaw Pact side.

* [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Reds With Rockets]]: Just like everyone else, the USSR can pick their Sovremenny class or Udaloy destroyers, along with a variety of other ships and weapons.
* SouthKoreansWithMarines: In keeping with the Pacific Rim setting, the South Koreans are now a playable faction on the NATO side.

* StraightForTheCommander: Like in the prequels. Doing so nets you a lot of points, which can be used to acquire more units.

* ZergRush: Can be done with lots of small ships.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: You'll sometimes wonder if the gunners on board the various ships were honorary graduates as you'll watch shot after shot after shot just sail harmlessly past the intended target until one fluke shot actually lands ''on'' the target. While this could be justified for some of the 'less advanced' ships[[note]] IE, the ones without complex stabilization systems like those of the Chinese and North Korean fleets [[/note]], it isn't as justified for the more advanced ships which DO have those systems.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmenshipAcademy: You'll sometimes wonder if the gunners on board the various ships were honorary graduates as you'll watch shot after shot after shot just sail harmlessly past the intended target until one fluke shot actually lands ''on'' the target. While this could be justified for some of the 'less advanced' ships[[note]] IE, the ones without complex stabilization systems like those of the Chinese and North Korean fleets [[/note]], it isn't as justified for the more advanced ships which DO have those systems.

* PointDefenseless: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] ''hard.'' As in real naval warfare, the only way to successfully sink a modern ship (that is, one with air defenses installed) using missiles is [[MacrossMissileMassacre to overwhelm it with dozens of missiles]] or to somehow close to gun range without being first obliterated by swarms of ''enemy'' missiles. As defender, you can often win a naval battle by properly positioning your ships so that all of your point defense systems complement each other. Once you've shot down all of the incoming enemy missiles, you can then launch your reply at leisure or close to gun range.

** Naval logistics is handled in the same way, but without fuel. Ships can be re-armed from a [=FOB=] located on the coast where possible, or from the new Naval supply ships. Which can themselves be resupplied from the [=FOB=].

** Averted with the anti-ship missiles which are very fast.

* [[ColdWar Cold War]]: This game takes place in 1991.

* EasyLogistics: To a much lesser extent than most [=RTSes=]. Although supplies are abstracted, the game tracks ammunition, fuel, and health (abstracted as "spare parts" or "infantry reinforcements") for units, and keeping supply lines open to support your advance and to keep units' fuel, ammo, and health topped off is a vital part of any game. As a bonus, supply trucks and forward bases can be captured.

[[TankGoodness Tank Goodness]]: If a tank was fielded by any East Asian nation in this game's time period, it's probably in here somewhere.

The main addition to this version of the game is the introduction of Naval combat.