DUST Returns At GAMA 2016 With Revamped Game
March 8, 2016 by brennon
DUST is returning alongside their partners at Ninja Division to bring a new version of the game to the tabletop and will be introducing it at GAMA 2016 which runs from March 14th to March 18th 2016...
The game is going to be coming back under a new name, Paolo Parente's DUST 1947 and will return with new books, new products and new accessories. A lot of this will be shown off this year at the game trade convention.
"This new brand allows Dust Studio to start fresh after a couple rocky years through which the community of gamers and retailers have supported us faithfully, knowing we are thriving to produce the best miniatures along with the most flexible play strategy game available to suit a variety of ages and experiences."
As well as that they are also have plans to explore the next book, Operation Kondor, which you can see the miniatures for in the pictures below. This will - as you might imagine - take things out into the desert with new units for both sides.
I really like this upcoming image showing some of the German forces with some deadly looking claws. I really like all of the genetically engineered troopers that we see for the German troops in this game and I almost prefer that aspect of Weird World War rather than the big walkers and tanks.
I think this could be a good thing for DUST going forward and I really hope that they can bring some awesome models and game expansions to the tabletop now the storm has (almost) abated. Hopefully things will be able to progress forward now with a new brand.
Will you be keeping an eye out for their new products?
"The game is going to be coming back under a new name, Paolo Parente's DUST 1947..."
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Given the history of this game, and the fact it’s been through several distributors I’ll be staying away from this, I’d rather wait for Warlords 1947 game. Also the fact that he’s stuck his name in the title makes me uneasy.
Yeah I feel uneasy about this as well, the title of the rule book is a bit dubious. After seeing this I see they have completely fallen out with battlefront. Its a shame this game has alot of following. All we can do is wait and and yes I’m waiting for Warlord 1947.
Warlord game is a very different kind of Weird war II…more supernatural than DUST and it’s superscience.
I am glad for DUST to be moving forward…great game great minis great universe. I am also looking forward to Konflict…more weird war is always good 🙂
Does anyone know what happened to that Operation Babylon kickstarter? Did those backers get their stuff in the end then?
Nope. I’m still waiting on nearly every model. About $450 worth of units, from Dust Studio’s side of the project… all of which is for sale at Dust Studios, and prominently featured in the photos above and on the DS facebook page. Last I heard, in December of 2015, I could expect it “in Spring”. Since then crickets.
I should point out Battlefront has gotten me most of their portion of the order… the game rules, unit cards, dice etc. It’s useless now, but at least I have that part in hand.
still waiting for my stuff
I received my entire order.
No thumbs up for you. We only want bad news.
not yet…
i was a backer , a few month ago they said that we will receive all the stuff that we had paid for …… but still waiting for a lot of stuff i don’t even had the dice so i think ill go with the new Warlord stuff and proxi some mini with all my dust stuff , cause for me Dust is Banned for the rest of my life …+ 1 year 😉
Im suprised anyone is willing to partner up with dust I’d want an ironclad contract with everything spelled out in excruitating detail after the past few years shenanigans
you mean like any intelligent company would do? Battlefront dropped the ball on so many aspects of this kickstarter…the “verbal” contract with the designer of the game was just one of them.
Glad to see DUST moving away from battlefront.
The History of this Game and that they have burnt through several distributors should say enough. As an ex Dust-Elite Member with a huge Dust Collection i will for sure stay away from it.
That they changd the Name and that Paolo needed to include his name into the Title is at least.. special for my taste.
And after the two Praise increases last Year i have to say that the Quality of the models are not up to par with the price.
praise=price
I love the hyperbole and misinformation from people in the comments. Two distributors in nearly 6 years, and one of them they manufacture X-Wing models for because it was an amicable split. There have been updates on when the Kickstarter will be fulfilled, so no issue for me, I’ll be staying on board.
Love it when people accuse other of misinforming when they said something that won’t fit in their world view. If you were involved in Dust from the very beginng like me you would know the very First Dust Tactics Product the First Edition Big Box with the AEG Logo on it. The FFG sticker was just placed over it. And how do you know that the FFG split was amiicable?? Just because that FFG didn’t start mudslinging? Most professional companies solve their problems behind closed doors. FFG sits long enough on a huge pile of Dust Stuff so i think… Read more »
I was playing Dust day one. Bought the original box from Gencon 2010. AEG never distributed, they realized before release that they couldn’t handle the load, so FFG rebranded after the first shipment. I think it’s a decent relationship since Dust manufactures the X-Wing models for them
It’s more than two. AT43 was a source of distress and drama as well. But that really isn’t the point. Dust Studios has not put priority on customers, whose money they already have. I’m a backer. Battleground has pretty much completed their part of the order, the now worthless rule books, dice and unit cards. Dust Studios portion of my order, approximately $450.00 worth of models (all of which are for sale at the Dust Studios website) is still outstanding. Yep. I’ve received about a 1/10th of my ordered units. We have been told (back in 2015) that outstanding back… Read more »
Ninja Division have ran two of their own large KS campaigns and both of those have fulfilled without any issues. They’ve also ran a third but that isn’t due to fulfil until later in the year.
Ninja division post on fb that they are not in conjunction with Dust Studio…
It was not more than two. AT:43 has nothing to do with Dust. Paolo was not a lead designer or decision maker for Rackham. Paolo has done many backer discounts through the process of this getting done, Battlefield did nothing. Cards are not useless, since most of the profiles won’t change and all future books and cards will also be free pdf. You should research your claims a bit more
Again look at my post before.
You forget AEG
Nope, I didn’t. They bowed out before actual distribution started
I would hesitate to suggest that Ninja Division are going to help past backers get their missing stuff unless Ninja Division make a clear statement to that effect. They may be interested in launching a rebranded product from day 1, but are they prepared to accept any responsibility or financial burden for another companies mess?
They. Are. Sharing. A. Booth.
Nothing more.
No. Hard pass.
Ninja Division is only helping distribute. There will be no development partnership this time around. Ninja Division success or failure on their own projects will be mostly irrelevant
Besides, there won’t be any desert left, what with Lloyd drooling over anything new and
DUSTy.
Well for one, I will be staying positive and hoping the game picks up traction, we like it and heck this way me and my Allies army can take on Dawn @deltagamegirl22 and Lloyd’s @Lloyd dreaded SSU!
The 2nd picture (with the helicopter) cracks me up. You’ve got a guy in full combat gear who seems to have an expression of disbelief of what on earth is going on.
All the women, throwing their hair back, wearing very little in comparison to him; it’s like he’s thinking
“hang on, and I in some weird dream? What is going on?”
Yeah that jumped out at me. Clearly the weirdness in this weird world war setting extends to the military-issue bikini. Hmm
I really like the look and feel of Dust, but given what’s happened previously and given that the Warfare rules have now been handed over to a fan…
Well…
I’m not sure I’ll get back into it this time. Fool me once… Fool me twice…
I really like some the models they have been putting up on the site, from the new starters to the Red Ace box, but while it is surely a good thing for the DUST fans that the game will live on, this new edition is going to be an extremely tough sell and rightly so.
Get ready. All of the usual complainers have been waiting for this opportunity to start floating their ignorance again. Rather than simply moving on, if they were dissatisfied, they’ll take advantage of the anonymity the internet provides to piss, moan, bitch, and complain…even more — and try to run down the game, the company, and it’s players/supporters. They’ll start vomiting up words like “fanboy” and such to insult those such as I who actually know (and comprehend) the real story and what happened. It’s already started. The facts are, Dust Studio and Battlefront have parted ways. All obligations are being… Read more »
Thing is, they’re not updating the rules because the rules need updating. In fact, as I understand it, the game will be pretty much the same, save for a bit of rebalancing and a horrible new layout. No, the reason they update is that it’s Battlefront’s name on the old rules. Sure, Paolo tried to claim that this wasn’t so, but go check the book yourself… As for the orders being fulfilled, count yourself lucky that yours was. Lots of people out there still missing their stuff. Luckily I got out of the Kickstarter in time. The whole thing stank… Read more »
Ignorance is bliss, I suppose.
What am I being ignorant about?
The fact that the rules change because Dust Studios can’t use the Battlefront version?
The fact that many backers haven’t had their order fulfilled?
I believe that comment was aimed at me.
Paolo’s never claimed not to be revamping a bit to remove things Battlefront helped developed, he wants the rules to be all theirs and pretty much has to have it that way now. It’s more of a version 2.5 than a third edition.
The Kickstarter will be fulfilled, that’s already been stated by both sides, I’m still
waiting on two KS’s that have taken longer and all future rules and cards will be available for free download, so there’s no real wasted money from the last rulebook.
Oh great one, enlighten us with your wisdom. And while your at it perhaps you can enolighten the clearly hacked off people on Kickstarter who say that they still haven’t recieved most of their stuff.
See above.
Not an answer to my comment though
Read it again. You’ll get it eventually.
I dont think anyone is planning to act according to your post, so yeah .. do move on
I haven’t received all of my order yet from the KS. I am glad you did, but I have not
So is Lloyd giggling like a school girl doing his jammy dance, or curling up into a ball? Tune in to the weekender to find out!
Nothing will make me support a Dust product again. Not after that kickstarter.
I am guessing, mrex21, that you do not work in customer services. I am still waiting for approx 2/3 of my (rather large) kickstarter pledge. In their defence, Battlefront did deliver the printed parts of the kickstarter but I am STILL unable to play to game as Dust Studios have made such an almighty screw up of things. Now, they are bringing out a new set of rules to replace the ones I already have but have unable to use owing to lack of models. If I am moaning, bitching and complaining then so be it but you seem to… Read more »
You’d guess wrong. And, I don’t believe you.
If you want to play so bad, go play. Get some models. Play the game. No one nailed your foot to the floor. Rather than sit around whining and trying to pin blame on everyone but yourself….go get some models and play the game.
Yes…you are moaning, bitching and complaining. With no respect, why don’t you take your own advice. Go solve your problem and come up with a solution. Quit with the ‘poor little me’ persecution crap.
So you do work in customer services.
Would your employer be Dust Studios by any chance?
Not at all, actually.
I know who you are now … keep it on the kickstarter page ffs, weve had enough of YOUR stale pissing m8. Go support the game you love instead and make sure its survives, come up with a solution that isnt so damn trollish.
No, but he is Moderator of the Offical Dust FB Group and a friend to P. Parente.
So he is totaly unprejudiced 😉
Not so much a friend. More like a friendly acquaintance.
Yeah… Just one problem – you can’t get the models anymore. The local hobby store put them up for sale months ago, not wanting anything to do with the game anymore. If I want to play, I have to order from other parts of the EU. That’s not exactly helpful if you want to form a thriving community. Face it, Dust Studios screwed up big time on this one. In many areas, the game is dead now. Both retailers and players have been burned too many times… The game’s spent too long in limbo… No-one’s interested anymore… It’s sad, it… Read more »
Yes, you can get the models. Very easily, I might add. Now, of course, no one is going to drive them to your house, put them together for you, and cook you a nice meal afterward…
…but the models are easy to get. If your store can’t get them, then perhaps you need to find a new store.
He’s in the EU and due to not having a distributor in this continent the game is nigh impossible to get.
Easy?
Pull the other one!
It’s not “easy” when I have to order it from another country and wait weeks for it to arrive. And that’s assuming that it’s even in stock…
My local store did get them once. Probably could get them again, but they got tired of all the nonsense surrounding Dust Studios that they put their stock up for sale at a deep discount and pulled out of the game.
Someone is trying to making a famous last stand for the epically failed Dust KS.
Looks like even more are continuing the same old stale pissing, moaning, bitching, and complaining, making excuses, willful and deliberate ignorance, and general grousing.
The Kickstarter was a debacle. Never said it wasn’t. But, if you didn’t know what happened, you are ignorant and could be helped. If you still don’t know what happened, you’re stupid and are a lost cause.
Well rather than slag people, tell us what happened?
just /ignore on this one, its for the best .. its difficult i know
Do you honestly think it would make a difference? Your mind is made up. Why confuse you with facts?
You should post Paolo a link to this thread and see if he agrees that your behaviour is helping the brand along .. if he endorses your aggressive trolling maybe thats also a good thing for Dust? Give it a try eh?
Judging by the level of interest in the latest Dust offerings, the last stand will be more of a whimper.
By the way, BoW were a little overzealous on their editing and it’s been confirmed
elsewhere by Dust that there is no partnership with Ninja Division and that
they are just sharing a booth together. Dust is still self producing and self
distributing.
don’t try to reason with mrex21 alias Michael Zakbar.
He is a moderator of the Offical Dust Studio FB Group and prone to insult people.
I especially like to remember one occurrence where after he was critized serveral times he changed his KS Name and then posted that he would know the person behind his old nick and and went for his own defense..
Very Stupid Idea, if you change your KS-Name all your old comments get your new name and the cover was blown immediately. 😀
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/74998321/comments
Thats how you improve the Dust brand right there, congrats mrex21
Hahaha, and he called me stupid.
Wow, what a charming fellow.
And?
I gotta admit. That is a good story.
The good thing is that this “Story” is archived on the KS Comments 😀
Of course it is. Why wouldn’t it be? Your “interpretation” however….
…well…let’s just say it’s entertaining. 😉
Once I realized I would not be seeing what I backed during the KS I washed my hands of the game and put the few models I did have away. My local gaming store refuses to bring in new stock and I agree since the models we paid for are now showing up “rebranded” for a different campaign. And the only way to get the models we want is to buy them from the Dust website. It’s sad since I did want to play and paint the models but I won’t pay twice for the same thing.
You won’t have to pay twice since they are fulfilling the KS in full…
At least that is what they Said in the December Updates on KS.
But lets wait and See what wie get in Wave 3
@lasse I think the karma each of you have speak for it self