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The World of Dust

Discover the history of this alternate world.

The Allies

Fighting to protect the free world from its many threats.

The Axis

Dedicated to the unification of the world under one rule.

Timelines

Explore the two different versions of the universe lore.

Dust Tactics 1947 is a defunct miniatures game set in an alternate World War II. The main factions comprised the Allied, Axis, and Communist blocs, with mercenary divisions and anomalies of the Cthulhu Mythos appearing later on. Dust Studio officially closed on September 29, 2021 due to COVID-19 effects on global supply chains after twelve years of operation. Miniatures are at a scale of 1:48.

The official English-language archive has since closed but large amounts of information remain scattered in forums and non-English websites.

"Welcome to the Second World War, but not as you remember it. The history we all recall began to unravel in 1938 when the Germans recovered an alien spacecraft and its still-living occupant in Antarctica. Everything since that moment altered the course of the war you thought you knew.

It is now 1947, two full years after the end of the war written about in our history books. Three blocs dominate the planet — The Allies, The Axis, and the SSU (Sino-Soviet Union). There are almost no neutral nations left. The world has been consumed by the war like a house in a conflagration.

The alien technology recovered back in 1938 led to the development of walking tanks, jet-powered aircraft, mechanized armor, and pinpoint accurate laser weaponry, among but a few new weapons made by eager nations. France, once liberated by the Allies following D-Day, has been re-occupied by the Axis. The Nazis, and their foul ideology, have been overturned and replaced in Germany. In Russia, genetic super-soldiers fight alongside regular troops. Meanwhile, the Germans learned how to resurrect the dead and use them as soldiers.

All of this — every last bit of military technological development — is fueled by a crystal known as “VK.” VK, or Vrill-Kultur, has become more important than oil to the war effort. Entire campaigns are fought over the few known deposits on Earth. The war grinds on. England, once the stalwart nation that stood alone against Axis aggression, has been invaded and occupied. The United States, never invaded in the war we recall, finds the SSU attacking its borders on two fronts. Africa, who saw the war end early in our timeline, is a reopened front, as desperate armies search for resources to power their machinery.

The world is weary. Few believe the end of the war will ever come. Peace is something recalled fondly, unlikely to be seen again. Man has advanced further and quicker than he should have. He has made the greatest weapons of war the world has ever seen, and he has reduced many of the great cities of the world to dust. This is the story of our struggle, the struggle of DUST."

- Dust Adventures, "Welcome to the War, Soldier"