Wargame: 1991 mod

It’s 1991, and communism didn’t fall. Now, the world stands on the brink of a war...

WARGAME 1991 is an extensive modification of Red Dragon that updates each nation’s arsenal to their 1991 capabilities. The armoury is no longer filled with rusting T-34s and prototypes abandoned in the 1970s: Instead, troops are armed with the most modern equipment their armies could field: Infantry carry modern rifles and cutting edge anti-tank weapons, tanks load the most powerful rounds their nations can procure, and planes bristle with high-tech weapons and jammers.

Each nation has been reworked to be both a realistic picture of its real-world capabilities and function as a stand-alone fighting force. Major features include:

• The Netherlands are joined by 17 Belgian and Luxembourgish units, forming BeNeLux,
• Australia and New Zealand are joined by 20 units from Malaysia and Singapore, as ANZMYS, representing part of the Five Powers Defence Arrangement
• A hard cutoff of December 1991: Nations fight with what they had, not super-tanks from the late 90s (with allowances made for Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland).

Gameplay Improvements

WARGAME 1991 implements a wide selection of improvements to gameplay, including:

• Heavy machine guns can now shoot at planes
• When disabling their radar to hide from SEAD, many anti-aircraft systems can continue to fire with degraded performance.
• Napalm is now a very dangerous weapon against infantry, even in cover, but won’t harm armored vehicles.
• Light vehicles can come in helicopter transports.
• Ground-based Exceptional Optics benefit from an increased detection range, but can no longer pierce through cover.
• Smoke disappears faster and can now be seen through in a similar fashion to forests
• Mortar smoke aim time and rate of fire are now identical to HE
• All helicopters now land at the same speed, removing the burden of using heavy lifters.
• ATGM vehicles are harder to spot when firing, increasing their defensive capabilities
• Physical (HP) damage now reduces vehicles Rate of Fire, Morale damage only reduces Accuracy.
• Howitzers dispersion now scales with distance
• Vehicle frontal armor arc was reduced to 60° (instead of 90°)

Units with unique features have these represented, including:

• The Soviet Tor system can shoot laser-guided bombs out of the sky.
• The Israeli Keres launcher shoots anti-radiation missiles from behind cover, serving as ground-based SEAD
• Nations and Coalitions with no SEAD planes can still spot enemy radars with their special ELINT units.
• Some artillery pieces can choose between using cluster or unitary high-explosive warheads when firing a salvo.
• Nations that did not have access to SEAD in 1991 (Blue Dragons, Scandinavia, Yugoslavia) can still detect enemy radars thanks to ELINT-specialized units

Your Favourite Nation in Loving Detail

• The Netherlands are joined by Belgium and Luxembourg to form BeNeLux and adding 17 new units to their arsenal.
• Australia and New Zealand are joined by fellow Five Powers Defence Arrangement-nations Malaysia and Singapore, adding 20 new units to ANZMYS.
• The Southern Front (Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria) has been called to reinforce PACT forces, amounting to 104 new units.
• Canada and the US are now fused as a single nation called NORAD.
• Each nation has been remade with an eye to accurately and comprehensively represent their 1991 capabilities as far as the engine will allow.
• Unused voices have been restored for infantry and aircraft.

WARGAME: 1991’s visual improvements include:

• New skins
• New unit cards
• New weapon icons
• You can choose to replace the RTS-style icons with authentic Warsaw Pact icons, for the ultimate PACT immersion
• A camera modification allows you to take screenshots and videos from any angle
• You can rename the zones on the map to fit different military alphabets

You Can Help Us!

We’re proud of WARGAME: 1991, but it could be better. You can help us by:

• Reporting bugs,
• Playing the mod and telling us what you think about the gameplay and balance,
• Making skins: not all the new units have yet received skins,
• Taking screenshots of your favourite unit in action: we can use the screenshots to make new unit cards

Join us in our Discord server and tell us what you think!

Acknowledgements

This mod would not be possible without the efforts, contributions, and time of the following people:

OSINT (researchers):

• FrangibleCover
• Eukie
• HrcAk47 (Retired)
• H.M. Kvasius IV
• BTR
• Keldon (Retired)

DEVGRU (modders):

• Phlogis Vobule
• vLern Werelwen

Gruppa Alfa (testers):

• Gigs
• Tyrnek
• KillingSnails
• TechBot
• Steppewolf

With special thanks to:

• Hob and enohka, for making the Modding Suite,
• FFG-124(JPN), for their list of suggestions for Japan,
• Onyx, and his knowledge of obscure North Korean equipment,
• All the people who’ve talked on the forums about the vehicles and weapons of the nations included in WARGAME: 1991
• throwaway, for the Mod Manager
• Eugen Systems, naturally enough