If you are tired of the same Eurocorps infantry spam and want a harder, more realistic simulation of Cold War gone hot, the Codex is the definitive way to play. If you are a casual player who just wants to blow up T-72s with an Apache, stick to vanilla.

(You will need to join the Wargame Bootcamp community on Discord—Rule 4 prevents direct linking here, but search Wargame Codex GitHub for the official release). Have you tried the new B-5 bomber changes in Codex UPD 3.2? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to check your flanks—recon is still the most important unit in the game.

In the pantheon of real-time strategy (RTS) games, Eugen Systems’ Wargame: Red Dragon remains a titan. Released over a decade ago, it still boasts a fiercely loyal player base. However, as the meta stagnated and the vanilla unit balance grew long in the tooth, the community did what it does best: it fixed it themselves.

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