editorial

In December of 2013 the last issue of Dust chron- We want Dust Chronicles to be about Dust Tac-
icles was published and despite attempts to keep tics, Dust Tactics: Battlefield and Dust Warfare.
the magazine alive on the Dust Devils Interna- This means that we will cover the events sur-
tional website things just didn’t work out. There rounding the Kickstarter but will not get involved
wasn’t really one reason in specific, it was due to in any way and refuse to point fingers. We want
a number of things all going on at the same time. the players to get their Babylon miniatures and
for Dust to grow.
Members of the team got other commitments, the
move from Fantasy Flight Games to Battlefront Submissions
Miniatures caused confusion about release dates We are always looking for battle reports for Dust
and then there was talk of a new version of Dust Tactics, Battlefield or Warfare, painting and
Tactics. Was it really worth coming up with new modeling articles, unit reviews and event reports.
content if it would be out dated any day? Really, we are looking for anything Dust related.
If you have ideas for submissions submit them.
The move to Battlefront was not as bad as people We’ll find a way to make ‘em fit.
dreaded. The final expansion for the Zverograd
setting came together with all the new units for Due to the time it takes to edit and layout the
that wave of releases. All with the Battlefront content of the magazine, please submit your con-
Miniatures logo on the box. tent 10 days prior to the date of publishing. The
next issue will be for April and so content needs
When the Operation Babylon Kickstarter began I to be submitted by the 20th of March 2015.
felt it was a good time to bring back Dust chroni-
cles and started talking to the original team to get Submit articles, communications and complaints
some advise and suggestions. The Dust commu- to [email protected]
nity was positive and growing in numbers. We
all know what happened next. Editor-in-chief
Giselle
The Kickstarter campaign was a success but
many of the backers are still waiting for their
product due to a disagreement between Dust
Studio and Battlefront. There is no point to talk
about it for long, none of us know the full details
and it is for the parties involved in the disagree-
ment to find a solution.

However the talk on social media put a stop to

bringing back Dust chronicles. There was no
way we could cover the Babylon storyline as
people could not get hold of the campaign book
or the new models and everybody involved felt
that Zverograd had been covered in enough de-
tail for a while.

Now that things seem to be moving forward in

regard to Operation Babylon we started talking
about Dust chronicles again.

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 dust chronicles monthly- issue 1
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02
Table Of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
The Dust Chronicles Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04

The Dust News Update

- Operation: Babylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06
- Dust Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08
- Dust Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

Dust Novel Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Tips For tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dust World Expo 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Victory Bridge V2 - Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Dust Chronicles Flashback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dust Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Worldwide Dust League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Special thanks to the following people for their support and enthusiasm when we told them about
bringing back Dust Chronicles:
Paolo Parente, Olivier Zamfirescu, Vincent Fontaine, Patrick Doty, Richard Busby, Rick Ivansek, Mi-
chael Stacy, Umberto Bonomi, Floris Hussaarts, Gregory Withrow

Names and artwork are © 2015 Dust Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Dust Tactics, Dust Tactics: Battlefield & Dust Warfare and their logos are trademarks of Dust Ltd.
Images and trademarks used with permission.

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 THE dust CHRONICLES TEAM
Giselle
As the personal assistant to Sigrid von Thaler, Giselle is no stranger
to strict deadlines and the consequences of failing to adhere to them.
For this reason she is the perfect person to be the Editor-in-chief of
Dust Chronicles. With a team as diverse as that of Chronicles a strong
person had to be put in charge and with Giselle we have that person.

What the team thinks of Giselle:

[Rosie] “It’s great fun to wind Giselle up and see her reaction. I often
make deliberate spelling miscakes just to get on her nerves.”*
[Helga] “I don’t think I have ever seen her sit still. The woman works
day and night, I think she must be Russian.”
[Bub] “GGRRRRR!!”

Rosie
The veteran of many battles including Operation Cyclone, Rosie
Donovan doesn’t panic easily. She is a top mechanic and can fix a
Pounder with nothing more than a screwdriver and hairclip. As part
of the Dust Chronicles team she looks after the creation of new units
and vehicles for use in friendly games. Rosie is hard at work creating
a new version of Rosie’s ScrapYard.

What the team thinks of Rosie:

[Helga] “A very good mechanic for an American.”
[Bub] “GGRRRRR!!”
[Giselle] “A good person but I wish she would tidy the office up
when she has finished fixing whatever Bub broke.
* and yes I know what you tried to do there and left the mistake in.”

Dee Dee
As the mascot of Dust Devils International she doesn’t have a lot of
spare time but still wanted to help out with Dust Chronicles. Dee Dee
can often be seen running round the office making sure everybody
has the correct images to go with the article they are working on.

What the team thinks of Dee Dee

[Rosie] “I don’t know how she does it but Dee Dee always has the
perfect picture to go with the text I write.”
[Helga] “She is red so that makes her ok in my book.”
[Giselle] “A good friend. I just wish she would be careful when she
turns round, twice she has swiped my cup of tea onto the floor with
her tail.”
[Bub] “GGRRRRR!!”

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the dust chronicles team
Helga
Helga can be very stubborn and will not take no for an answer. No
surprise then that she is in charge of gathering together the latest
news and conducting interviews. Because she is the oldest member
of the team, the others call her Mother Russia but never to her face.

What the team thinks of Helga:

[Giselle] “She is a great addition to the team. It means I’m not the
only one who delivers before the deadline.”
[Rosie] “A very good mechanic for a Russian.” (Editor’s Note: “I’ll
leave it for now but next issue I want a better comment instead of a
bad attempt at a joke.”)
[Bub] “GGRRRRR!!”

Bub
A man of few words, actually just one word. Bub is a good listener
and helps out around the office with whatever needs doing.

What the team thinks of Bub:

[Giselle] “Nobody makes a cup of coffee like Bub.”
[Rosie] “Nice guy, just wish he wouldn’t break the printer so often.”
[Helga] “Am I the only one who realises Bub is a Zombie?”

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 the dust news update
OPERATION BABYLON
When the Operation Babylon Kickstarter pro-
jected ended it was fully funded and one stretch
goal after the other had been reached. It seemed
Babylon was a big success and the Dust com-
munity was looking forward to a large number
of new releases and the opportunity to take their
games into the desert. However not everything
has gone as expected.

The full details are only known to Dust Studio

and Battlefront but in short there was a disagree-
ment about the funds generated by the Kick-
starter campaign and this has caused delays with
fulfilment of the orders placed by the backers
of the campaign. Various rumours, theories and
opinions have been flying around social media.
There is no point for Dust Chronicles to get in-
volved and stir things up. It is up to the parties in-
volved to come to an agreement where the back-
ers receive what they paid for and the how and
why of the disagreement is for Dust Studio and
Battlefront to discuss and take further if they feel
it is necessary.
Update 99 – posted on the 20th of February 2015 on the Babylon Kickstarter page is a sign that a pos-
sible solution is on the horizon and we look forward to finding out how things progress from here.

Third-party mediation
We can report some positive progress this week. One of the Kickstarter backers, who happens to have
professional experience in dispute mediation, has offered his services to help reach a mutually agree-
able solution.
We at Battlefront have enthusiastically agreed to abide by and honour the mediation process. We have
said all along that this is the best way of achieving a fair, impartial result.
We understand Paolo has also expressed interest in the opportunity, and has approached William Yau,
the Dust Studio CEO, with a view to establishing Dust Studio’s commitment to this mediation process.
We are looking forward to their response so we can proceed with getting this sorted out.

This is good news as it looks like all parties involved are trying to work to get this resolved. We un-
derstand that a lot of people have backed the project and are eager to get their Babylon miniatures, lets
give this mediation a chance and not throw oil on the fire by posting angry comments on cocial media
(especially not aimed at other players of Dust).

On the 27th of February a further update was posted and we urge anybody who has backed the Kick-
starter project to check that update as it includes a list of people that Battlefront is trying to contact.

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DUST EVOLUTION
It had long been rumoured that Dust would be
turned into a video game and in 2014 that seemed
to become reality. An ambitious Kickstarter was
started and what was shown impressed the com-
munity.

However the amount needed to fund the project

turned out to be out of reach and a difficult deci-
sion had to be made. On the 3rd of December
2014 Dust Evolution closed their Kickstarter and
posted this final update:
Hi Everyone,
It’s with a bittersweet solace that we announce we will be taking down the Kickstarter for now. We
want to thank all of our supporters and fans, both old school Dust fans and newcomers alike. We did
have great feedback both from within the Kickstarter, the numerous Facebook communities, our other
social feeds and other external sources. We are very grateful for that. There were some great ideas and
options that we are considering and you will be happy to know that we will be coming back in 2015.

For us the campaign was a success but we were too ambitious with the amount we wanted to raise so
we are going back to the drawing board on that end. You will hear from us soon as we are exploring
different avenues on how to proceed as there are even more ideas and opportunities to pursue for the
explosive World of Dust. Keep an eye on the Dust Evolution website as well as our Facebook page and
Twitter feed as we will keep all new announcements coming on there as well.
We welcome everyone to please spread the word on Dust for as it grows in all arenas it gives us a
greater community to enjoy and have fun with! Thank you and stay tuned.

The Dust Evolution Team.

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 the dust news update
DUST ADVENTURES Campaigns will explore the background behind
the major events in the DUST universe as well as
British publisher Modiphius Entertainment presenting new storylines for players. Allowing
has announced a licensing deal with Paolo players to create heroes from the Allies, the SSU,
Parente’s DUST Studio to create a tabletop or independent factions, the game system is de-
roleplaying game set in the DUST universe. signed for both first time roleplayers as well as
offering advanced rules for experienced players.
Scheduled for Spring 2015, DUST Adventures
will consist of a core rulebook and setting guide and
will be followed by supplements and campaigns.
The books will feature both new artwork as well
as stunning photography of DUST miniatures.

The campaigns will also feature DUST Tac-

tics and DUST Warfare missions allowing fans
of the miniatures games and roleplayers alike
to enjoy the DUST universe in new ways. The
system written for DUST Adventures draws
heavily on the elegant systems of DUST Tac-
tics, uses the same familiar dice, and aims to
easily bring characters from DUST Tactics in
to the roleplaying game or roleplaying charac- DUST Adventures is now available as a PRE-
ters in to your DUST Tactics or Warfare games. ORDER - Shipping in March 2015! PDF’s will
be sent out as soon as they’re ready!

The DUST Adventures corebook will be a 200+

page full colour hardcover book £34.99 / $54.99
and the first campaign a 128 page full colour
softback at £19.99 / $32.99.

The core book features:

- Lots of never-before-seen information on the
DUST universe
- Full roleplaying rules including simple charac-
ter generation for classic archetypes such as sol-
diers, adventurers and scientists
- Guidance on how to run exciting roleplaying
adventures in the DUST universe
- Details of new and existing organisations that
the players can be working for or against
- How to use vehicles and walkers in your games
- Tons of plot seeds and much more
- Introductory Adventure, the prequel to Opera-
tion Apocalypse!
- Use your DUST miniatures in the roleplaying
game (not required).

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 the dust news update Highlights include:
Details on Dust nations such as America, Turkey,
Thailand and the Philippines.
An expansion on the Dust background and intro-
duction of a new alien species fighting the Vrill!
The secret history of the two species and their
intergalactic war.
New information on all three blocs including an
epic action set-piece on a top secret Axis aircraft
carrier.
Full compatible with Dust Tactics, you can play
some of the larger military battles in the game
with your miniatures and Dust Tactics or Dust
Warfare rules.
An expansive, deep campaign in the tradition of
Masks of Nyarlathotep, Operation: Apocalypse
will satisfy old fans and new alike.
Pre-generated characters to get you playing right
away

Players will be able to bring their favourite fig-

ures from DUST Tactics and DUST Warfare into
From a London invaded by Axis forces to the
the roleplaying game and conversion rules will
pre-Mayan ruins in the Amazon jungle, from
let them take their heroes into the tabletop min-
the secrets of the Grand Canyon to a mystery
iatures game. Simple NPC outlines will let you
as old as The Bible, Operation: Apocalypse
drop any of your tabletop opponents right in to
takes you on a whirlwind campaign pitting an
the game with minimal preparation, and get on
elite Allied team against the Axis, SSU, rem-
with the adventure!
nant Nazis and a mysterious cult in search of
the legendary Seven Seals. Mysteries never be-
Later releases will include supplements covering
fore revealed about the Dust backstory are un-
different fronts, campaigns and floor tiles. We
covered by the player character’s as they dis-
are also looking at developing a set of heroes and
cover new parts of the Dust world and secrets
villains with Paulo’s Dust Studios.
mankind has forgotten for twelve millennia.

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 DUST NOVEL PREVIEW
Andy Chambers is a British author and game designer,
best known for his work for Games Workshop. He worked
extensively on various Warhammer 40,000 rulebooks and
sourcebooks, and also authored mutliple fiction novels set
in the same universe.

In 2003 Andy Chambers joined Mongoose Publishing as

the lead designer of the company’s development team for
the Starship Troopers tabletop miniatures game. He Joined
Blizzard Entertainment in 2006 as their Creative Director,
with which he worked on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
In May of 2012 Dust Warfare, written by Andy Chambers was released by Fantasy Flight Games.

Andy Chambers has written a number of novels and what follows is a short extract from the yet to be
released Dust novel that he wrote for Dust Studio.
Zverograd airfield itself was an expanse of per- ‘Calm down,’ Levgeni told the youngster again,
fect whiteness, the wide concreted runways in- ‘if you go jumping out of your skin every time
visible beneath the snow. The three most promi- the Fritzes let off a few fireworks you’re going to
nent structures; the control tower, the terminal be no use to anyone.’
building and metro station, were pre-war futurist
structures designed to welcome visitors to Zvero- ‘But surely it means they’re attacking again, the
grad as impressively as possible. The threat from Axis I mean,’ Anatoly said nervously.
Axis bombers meant that their clean lines were
now surrounded by sandbag walls and smoth- ‘Maybe they are and maybe they’re not,’ Lev-
ered with camouflage netting. The surrounding geni said, ‘Fritz likes to keep the Stavka guessing
flat ground looked as unbroken as a bed sheet so they’ll pound the front every now and again
except for the occasional hummocks made by the like they’re coming for us. It puts everyone in
curved roofs of widely-dispersed Quonset huts a flap, but half of that lot’s our guns shooting
and hangars that had been added when the civil- back. Even if the Fritzes are coming they won’t
ian airfield was turned into a military base. be troubling us tonight, not here.’

Out on the airfield perimeter two SSU guards Levgeni’s confidence reassured the younger man
stood in a slit trench set between two anti-air- somewhat and he finally looked away from the
craft emplacements and peered into the uncertain flickering lights to the west. Levgeni was right,
darkness. They were well dressed for the bitter Anatoly reasoned, the front at Zverograd had not
cold with fur hats, quilted jackets and felt-lined seen any major action in a year. The Axis appar-
boots but they still shivered and stamped their ently didn’t care about the ‘socialist utopia’ on
feet as they shared a rapidly-cooling thermos of the Volga just a few kilometres to the east – at
thick, sugar-laden tea. The younger of the two, least not enough to fight for it. Even air raids
Anatoly, kept gripping his PPSh-48 submachine were infrequent thanks to the heavy AA defences
gun and glancing west with a worried expres- and the heroic efforts of the pilots of the Red Air
sion on his face. The older soldier, Levgeni, was force – some of whom flew from this very field.
Anatoly’s senior by only a few summers but his
combat experience put such a gulf between them
that he may as well have been a grey-bearded old
***
man.

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 tIPS FOR TRACKS
Soon there will be six variants of the SSU IS
Heavy Tank. Not only that but thanks to the
Captured Walkers rules published in Operation
Babylon the IS-48B Lavrentiy Beria is now also
available to Allied and Axis players. This means
a lot of people will have encountered the chal-
lenge of painting around and between the tracks
of these giant beasts of war.

Dust Veteran, Major Malfunction has come to

the rescue with a very handy picture tutorial on
how to remove the tracks from your model and
make painting that little bit easier.

Major Malfunction here with a modeling and

painting tip for all you SSU players with the IS-5
and IS-48 Heavy Tanks. The IS-5 (Mao Zedong/
Vladimir Lenin) and IS-48 (Lavrentiy Beria/Karl
Marx) tanks both share a common chassis and
something that all tanks have: tracks. The rub
here is that they are pre-assembled, and getting
a paint brush down in there with all those bogeys
and track retainers is a pain!

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And what about all those burrs and sprue scars? What to do?!?

Why, pull the tracks off and paint ‘em

separately, of course. As a long time mod-
el builder, I was determined to figure out
just exactly how to accomplish this with-
out destroying the model. After a little
poking and prodding, it became apparent
that those tracks were not simply going
to unwrap, and there was no visible seam
where they were joined. Looking a little
closer it becomes clear: the tracks are one
piece! An amazing feat, actually, but there
it was. The drive wheels and idler wheels
both have teeth, but the teeth don’t go all
the way around and the wheels simply slip
into the track ends. This is where we will
attack.

And this is my weapon of choice. A double end-

ed spiky punch looking thing. It’s tough, doesn’t
flex and that 90 degree bends lets me get it in all
kinds of places.

Prying just so and the wheels come off pretty

easily.

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 tIPS FOR TRACKS
If you don’t have such a tool, you can use a
screwdriver or other tool from behind to pop the
wheels off.

After the drive/idler wheels are removed, you

just tug on the tracks enough to get the retain-
ing spikes out from behind the road wheels, and
work your way from one end to the other until
you can simply slip the entire track off.

“Voila!” as the fella said.

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Work the track off the other side the same way and you now have nice easy access to paint the tracks
and clean up all those ugly sprue removal scabs that are all over the place.

Once painted simply reverse the procedure to

get the tracks back on. Don’t forget a spot of
glue on the idler/drive wheels to keep them on.

There you go, comrades. Now you can clean

up your models lines, get a nice paint job on
the tracks, and grind your enemies to dust
beneath your tanks.

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 DUST world expo 2015
Dust World Expo 2015, the annual celebration
of Paolo Parente’s world of Dust, will be held
Where is Dust World Expo ?
- At Falcon Field in Mesa Arizona at the Arizona
on March 27-29 in Mesa, Arizona at the Arizona
Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum
Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. An im-
at 2017 North Greenfield Road, Mesa, AZ 85215
mersive experience which attempts to surround
Falcon Field got its start before World War II
attendees in a 1940’s atmosphere it features both
when Hollywood producer Leland Hayward
Dust Championship events as well as this years
and pilot John H. “Jack” Connelly founded
special event Operation Dionysus.
Southwest Airways with funding from friends
like Henry Fonda, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,
In addition to the gaming events the Dust Cham-
James Stewart, and others.
pionship Miniature and Model Competition will
be held so be sure to bring your best to Minis
and Models of ANY scale to compete! There When is Dust World Expo ?
will also be the Dust Cosplayers, Special Guests, - On March 28th and 29th 2015 with a special
Cool Prizes, Pre-release Exclusives, Full Scale dinner meet and greet on March 27th (location to
Dust Tech Displays and more! be announced)

60 Plastic and Resin Sisters of Mayhem will be

available to the first 60 attendees. These are pre- How much does it cost ?
mium painted miniatures produced by Dust Stu- - Only $20 per person for the weekend.
dios. Some assembly required
What will I see at Dust World Expo ?
Dust World Expo takes place inside a historical
aircraft museum. so While participating you will
be surrounded by real WW2 exhibits as well as
full scale Dust props and costumed characters
playing your favorite Dust Heroes and Heroines.
It is also home to the famous Sentimental Jour-
ney B-17 and interior walk through tours of it
will be offered.

Paolo Parente will be in attendance to chat with

the fans and possibly other members of Dust Stu-
60 Resin Blutkreuz Command Trailers and Red dios will be with him as well.
Beret Drop Canisters will be available to the first
60 attendees. Unpainted and some assembly re-
quired.

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 victory bridge v2 - part 1
With the release of V2 of Dust Tactics there have In this issue of Dust chronicles they look at
been a number of changes to the core rules. This the first two scenarios from Operation: Victory
means that most of the scenarios from earlier Bridge. This campaign came with the Revised
campaign sets can not be played out as they are Dust Tactics Core Set. Next issue the Victory
presented in the books. Increased movement, Bridge scenarios will be completed and from
new skills and revised point costs for units means issue 3 onwards they will look at the scenarios
that these older scenarios are often over well be- from the Zverograd expansions.
fore the set round limit.
Remember these are by no means official rulings
It would be a waste to let these scenarios gather or changes, just a way to get some more miles
dust (sorry, pun not intended). Instead Rosie and out of those older scenarios and game maps.
Helga sat down and came up with some sugges-
tions for breathing new life into the old scenarios.

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SCENARIO 1: RECON IN FORCE
This scenario is intended to get to grips with the
core rules of Dust Tactics. The briefing states
that each force consists of a single infantry unit
and a sigle walker taken from the box.

V2 SUGGESTIONS
Your Force:
Your force must consist of:
1x Infantry unit (no hero)
1x vehicle unit
The total points of your force can not be more
than 20 points.

The rules for ammo crates and tank traps can be

found on page 21 of the current Dust Tactics core
rule book.

Objective:
The objective for the scenario remains the same,
destroy all enemy forces before the end of turn 8.

SCENARIO 2: BRIDGE IN SIGHT

This scenario is more than just destroy the en-
emy. The attacker must make sure he has at least
a single model on the bridge at the end of the
game. With the increased movement in V2 this
has become a lot easier to achieve.

V2 SUGGESTIONS
Your Force:
Your force may consist of any units from your
collection but you are limited to a single hero.
The total of your force can not be more than 50
points.

The rules for ammo crates and tank traps can be

found on page 21 of the current Dust Tactics core
rule book.

Objective:
The attacking player must have at least one fig-
ure on the Defender deployment zone during turn
8 and perform a single “Doing Nothing” action
with that unit. At that moment the game ends.

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 DUST CHRONICLES FLASHBACK
Each issue of Dust Chronicles we will look back
at an article published in the first year to see if
it has stood the test of time and if we can learn
something new. In the very first issue of Dust
Chronicles, back in August 2012, an interview
with Paolo Parente was published. For this first
Flashback article we will look at some of the an-
swers given back then, knowing what we know
now.

What is your favorite Dust creation so far?

The Recon Mickey and the Axis Heavy Walker

amongst those already released, and my favorite
of all will be in the display cabinet at Gencon…
cannot say more for now, but you’ll spot it im-
mediately.

[2015] The model hinted at turned out to be the

Horton. Seeing that many more creations have
emerged from the factory since then, perhaps it
is time to ask this question again....

Now that we can see tanks on the horizon, what

are the plans concerning armor 1 infantry?

All categories that you can find on the cards will

be present in the game one day. I have a con-
cern about Type 1 infantry, in my opinion with
Thank you for taking the time to answer a few the rules that we have today they don’t stand a
interview questions for us Mr. Parente. Before chance on the battlefield, let’s say… in my opin-
we start, are there any confessions you want to ion we need a second edition of the game to re-
make, anything you need to get off your chest? ally be able to display infantry 1 units. Please
note that infantry 1 does not necessarily mean
Can you please refer to me as Paolo? Mr. Parente “not wearing armor” it mostly means “Greens/
doesn’t sound like me. Recruits” where inf.2 means “Battle-hardened
I will confess to you that l am having a blast.. Veterans”.
Dust Tactics is giving me the best time of my
life, thank-you guys for welcoming it on your [2015] Last year we got Dust Tactics v2 (with
gaming tables and for dedicating so much pas- Battlefield as a bonus) and armor 1 Infantry are
sion to it. It’s so good. certainly a big part of the game. Paolo mentions
that all categories will be present in the game at
[2015] Some things don’t change. Paolo is still some point so we still have plenty of categories
as friendly as he was back then. lacking any units at present.

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 What about branching out into other media? ity Resin Figurines without revealing much, we
Like video games or film. cannot do the same with other WIP that we make
grow locked in the drawer everyday.
I hate non disclosure agreements!! No movies Anastyr will be a game when we will have the
for now… one video game under development. technology to release hard plastic very detailed
minis like those new beautiful plastic characters
[2015] That game is Dust Evolution and you can that GW is making for Warhammer Battle. For
find out more in the news pages of this issue. now we cannot reach that standard, so we will
not have a game soon.
What about a Dust RPG? Allow me to say that l refuse to battle with figu-
rines armed with bending PVC swords…
I would love the idea, one of our FaceBook
friends has started to work on it [Christopher [2015] Since then more models have been re-
Barnhart], hasn’t he proposed to publish on the leased as part of the Anastyr range and we are
fanzine yet? just as eagerly awaiting the game now as we
were back then.
[2015] The RPG was indeed published in Dust No news or substantial rumors about the third
Chronicles and by coincidence was called Dust universe that Paolo mentions in the interview.
Adventures just like that RPG that is being re- Perhaps it it time to sit down with Paolo, some
leased later this year. drinks and get him talking.

Do you want to give us any hints about what is

coming our way in the future that hasn’t been ad-
dressed by other questions? (Hint, yes you do.)

I really have nothing to disclose here besides a

new faction at the beginning of next year.

[2015] Mercenaries have been added to the range

with Operation Babylon. For now only two units
and one hero but who knows what else is planned
for them.

Thank you for taking the time to answer our

questions, we look forward to seeing what the fu-
ture of Dust has in store for us.

Many thanks to all of you, your enthusiasm for

Dust gives me a better sense to my days.

Will Anastyr be played on the table top or will it

use the tiles and squares system of Tactics?

Anastyr is not a game for now, but is one of the 3

universes that we’re developing at the moment,
being Barbaric Fantasy we can disclose the de-
signs and start selling the minis as High Qual-

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 DUST boats
With so many game systems that we as hobbyists
are interested in, it is no surprise that we some-
times overlook rules. I’m not talking about for-
getting the wording of rules or mixing up rules
between game systems (Smoke Screen does not
excist in Monopoly? Who knew?!)
What I’m talking about is rules or skills that are
tucked away in the back of books and don’t often
feature in the games we play.

While reading the Dust Tactics core rulebook

that is exactly what happened. A Vehicle Equip-
ment entry on page 104 that has so much poten-
tial but because there are no units yet with this There are some interesting combinations possible
equipment it is often overlooked. to create various boats. The main thing to keep in
mind is not to make the weapons to strong in an
attempt to compensate for the movement restric-
tions. As explained earlier these restrictions are
somewhat balanced out with the free attack.

By combining rules it is possible to create types

of Naval Units and there is no need to come up
with complete new rules not present in the game.
For example the Dust background tells of sub-
marines and by giving a vehicle with Naval Unit
the Camouflage skill [page 97 of the Dust Core
Rulebook] you represent the unit diving below

Naval Unit the surface of the water.

[page 104, Dust Tactics Core Rules]: A Naval

Unit treats Deep Water as Open Space, but can-
not enter any other type of terrain. A Naval Unit
may take a free Attack Action immediately after
it performs a March Move Action. An eliminated
Naval Unit becomes Deep Water terrain.

When looking at the rule it seems very limiting

at first glance due to the movement restrictions.
Not many tables have large bodies of water as
terrain features so the use of Naval Units is hard
to see. However the free Attack Action means
that naval units can move very fast to get into Next issue Rosie with the help of Bub, is going
position to target the enemy. to try and build a Dust Boat for use in Dust Tac-
tics and Dust Tactics: Battlefield.What model
For the moment the best use of Naval Units seems kits are out there? What Dust components will
to be friendly games and scenarios designed with fit and what rules combinations make for inter-
large bodies of water a part of the design. esting Naval Unit variants.

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 worldwide dust league

Back in 2013 the original Dust Chronicles team With Dust reaching more and more players we
set up the Worldwide Dust League and Siege of want to bring back the Worldwide Dust League.
Zverograd Campaign. Players of Dust Tactics Lots of lessons have been learned from the first
and Dust Warfare from around the world could league and we will be introducing a better struc-
report the results of their games. ture to how games can be reported and more im-
portantly, what games can be reported.
Each week the Leaderboard was updated to
show who was the best Dust player out there. The new monthly format of Dust Chronicles is
In the Siege of Zverograd Campaign the results the ideal platform to let people know about up-
of games effected what bloc controlled parts of coming events and tournaments. This means that
the city and what scenarios were to be played more players will be aware of when and where
for more than twenty seperate locations all over Dust will be played. Only games played at events
Zverograd. and tournaments will count towards the World-
wide Dust League and taking part in certain big
events will earn you extra points. It is only right
that winning the European championships earns
you more League Points than playing games at
your local gaming club open day.

Every Six months the League

Leaderboard will be reset and the
top players will be awarded a trophy to show
their achievement. Next issue the first League
Table will be published based on the results of
the World Championships held at the Dust World
Expo 2015 held in Arizona.

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The remaining Victory Bridge Scenarios;
Painting bases for Operation Babylon units;
Spotlight! on the UK Dust Knights;
We start building our Dust Boats;
A look at the models and rules of Dust terrain;
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