Dust Tactics Core Set

Product Description

1947. The Second World War rages on. Unfathomable artillery machines march across the globe leaving a wake of destruction. In Antarctica a secret research base forms the center of a covert battle between allied and axis forces. will you protect the secrets of this hidden base from the invading Allies or liberate its contents from the hands of the Axis? Based on DUST comics world created by Paolo Parente Dust Tactics introduces an exciting alternate vision of WWII with amazing machines roughneck grunts and stalwart commando leaders each dedicated to the cause patriots in the war for world domination. This boxed set comes with two ready-to-play armies as well as a scenario booklet and modular board.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #275153 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Fantasy Flight Games
• Model: DT001
• Published on: 2010
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 11.50" w x 23.25" l, 7.25 pounds

Features

• 9 double-sided boards to customize your own battle
• A deep and engaging setting
• A battle book including eight unique scenarios
• Quick-start rules to get into the action quickly

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Good stuff, but waiting for more
By Gentleman X
I bought this game about a week ago. Since then I've played it about a half-dozen times with different friends and enjoyed it each time.

The miniatures are very high quality, though the plastic that the infantry units are cast in is rather soft and several guns bend at odd angles. The minis come pre-assembled and pre-primed. As a miniatures gamer this mildly frustrated me since the assembly was not as I would have put them together and there were the occasional flash or mold lines. However, the glue that was used is easy enough to pull apart and reassemble to one's liking. For most wanting to get into the game quickly, the pre-assembly and different priming schemes for the two factions make it easy to simply open the box and start playing right away. The 'robots' (mech-tanks) are very well cast, sturdy, and all look very cool. Undoubtedly they are the biggest selling point for the game.

The game rules themselves are fairly easy to pick up if you have any wargaming background. They are not too complex and still require though and planning to turn the tide. Each player is allowed to "purchase" units for point values for each battle. The units supplied in the box provide you 16 points for each faction: two tanks and three infantry units. All of the game's mechanics are decided with the set of dice included in the box: four sides are blank and two are hits. Cover saves, initiative, and firing is based off of these dice rolls. In all of the games I have played the dice have proven to be fickle and random, turning the tides at all the high suspense moments. Sadly, the flip-side is that no amount of strategic brilliance can save you from an awful batch of dice rolls.

One thing I have noticed is the risk of burnout. For the multiple battle campaign set included in the box, the units provided are an even balance and provide a great deal of fun. But with only the main gameset released, players are very limited on what units they can bring to the table: short of buying multiple boxes, you can't do much in the way of variable skirmish gaming. Fantasy Flights has announced six other expansions for the range including many new units and even additional factions in the near future, though no release timeline has been provided. Undoubtedly the anti-aircraft guns in the current box set will see much more use when aircraft make their appearance!

Overall, I very much enjoy Dust Tactic and look forward eagerly to future expansions.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
best tactical game I've played in a long time
By Tony Marvin
I've played a lot of military tactical games starting with the old avalon-hill games 20+ years ago. Dust Tactics is by far the best. It's quick to learn, and a game can be played out in an hour or so. The game play is a blast and doesn't bog down with a lot of unnecissary steps. I have a 9 year son and he loves this game. We have all the expansions that are available and can't wait for new ones to come out.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
EPIC
By Killerpope
After going to the closest gaming store, wanting to get heroscape having my hopes shattered when the owner said its not in print any more! So i was looking around and the guy said, " Hey why dont you look at dust? " Not knowing what it was he explained it and it seemed cool! So i got this with the german recon add on and the allies recon. So i got home cleared off my table and sat down with my room mate. So after setting up a neato map i was picked the germans. So being my first game i didnt know alot and my roommate read the rules a few times while i sat up the game. I read the little quick rules which are nice but its a neat game. We went insted of rounds we went to turn base where we could only move one squad/mech a " Turn " Turned out i got owned by the americans because the germans are ment to do hit and runs -.- Still great game picked this up for 70 bucks Amazon is over pricing the H*ll out of it!

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