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Psyberwolfe
05-02-2013, 08:59 AM
This is interesting:

http://www.dustgame.com/news_d.php?id=147

Bigred
05-02-2013, 09:48 AM
Formal Press Release:

BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION OF DUST TACTICS
Posted in May 2nd, 2013
May 2nd, 2013

Dust Studio today announced that Battlefront Miniatures will become its publishing and distribution partner for the Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare miniatures game lines. Fantasy Flight Games, Dust Studio’s current publishing partner for those games, will transition sales and marketing activity to Battlefront Miniatures on June 1st, 2013.

“Dust has had a wonderful few years, during which we have seen the game’s community grow exponentially,” said Dust creator Paolo Parente. “Both Dust Studio and Fantasy Flight Games have evolved
significantly during our relationship, and we now mutually feel that we are both better served by moving in new directions. Christian (CEO of Fantasy Flight Games) and I have known each other for many years, and I can say that this decision is a truly amicable one.”

Added John-Paul Brisigotti, CEO of Battlefront Group, “we are very excited by the Dust universe, and although it is a first for us to be distributing a product other than our own, the fit with our business model made this partnership something we could not resist. During the last few years, we have been moving into new avenues to expand the breadth of products the group offers, and we see DUST as another one of these ranges.”

“We’ve been fortunate to distribute Dust Tactics since its debut at GEN CON 2010, and we’re very proud of our development work on Dust Warfare,” said Christian T. Petersen, CEO of Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). “The last year, however, as FFG experienced phenomenal growth across many of our publishing categories, it became clear that Paolo and the Dust games would be better served by a partner who specializes in the unique business of miniature games. We’re confident that Paolo’s partner choice in Battlefront Miniatures is a
strong one, and we wish nothing but the best to them, to Paolo, and to the fantastic Dust fan community.”

Starting June 1st, Battlefront Miniatures will begin soliciting and distributing all new products for Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare. FFG will ship all of its previously solicited new products prior to that date, and FFG will continue to exclusively sell all current Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare items while its inventories last. While FFG will support the Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare regionals events in May and June 2013, all future marketing and organized play for the games will be handled by Battlefront Miniatures, including the scheduled GEN CON 2013 tournaments.

About Dust Studio:
Dust Studio Limited is a Hong Kong–based company that creates and manufactures the Dust Tactics miniatures line, as well as model kits and scenery together with various books and comic books about the Dust universe. For more information, visit www.dust-models.com

About Battlefront Miniatures:
Battlefront Miniatures Limited is a New Zealand–based company that created Flames of War, the WWII miniature game. Battlefront publishes the world’s premier tabletop gaming magazine Wargames Illustrated, and owns Gale Force Nine, the leading manufacturer of game accessories. For more information, visit Battlefront’s website at www.flamesofwar.com.

About Fantasy Flight Games:
Roseville, Minnesota’s Fantasy Flight Games is a publisher of board, card, miniatures, and roleplaying games. Founded in 1995 by Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight Games has published hundreds of successful titles, including licensed products based on A Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars, as well as many original board games such as Twilight Imperium, Arkham Horror, and Descent: Journeys in the Dark. For more information, contact FFG’s Anton Torres at [email protected].

Darkeldar
05-02-2013, 09:56 AM
First step to clear the way for GW properties?

mathhammer
05-02-2013, 06:51 PM
So if battlefront is involved, can we now expect miniatures to be out of stock for years, and failure to introduce key models for an army?

lobster-overlord
05-02-2013, 07:52 PM
And you'll only be able to buy starter armies at your local stores, and have to go online for individual units. Along with them expecting to have a FLGS's full support but only offer them limited stock and support.

White Tiger88
05-05-2013, 12:37 AM
Interesting....... How is this game anyhow?

pauljc
05-07-2013, 04:55 AM
Personally, I found the game a little bit too simplistic and unimaginative.

I don't think it sells very well in comparison to other games.

Kirsten
05-07-2013, 04:03 PM
see I find Dust Tactics to be wonderfully refreshing now and again between GW games precisely because it is simple, you can breeze through a couple of missions in half an hour, easy for everyone to learn, and very very different to 40k. this thread has reminded me to re-download my copy of the Dust Warfare rulebook through FFG before they switch though, so thanks for that, forgot to shift my digital copy to my new PC when I sold my tablet.

OldHat
05-15-2013, 12:14 AM
Personally, I found the game a little bit too simplistic and unimaginative.

I don't think it sells very well in comparison to other games.

...are you talking Tactics? If so, yea. Warfare is complex and extremely challenging. It looks simple at first, because the rules are easy to grasp, but the strategy/tactics end of things, that is very tough.

From what I can see, the game is growing. I think this shift will only help, too, though I will miss the FFG Creative Team.