Dust Chronicles Issue 4

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dust chronicles issue 4
editorial
Pick-up games, usually on my local league’s
night, are fun. Tournaments are a nice break
from the usual game nights. Special scenarios
are great. You know what really floats
my boat? Campaigns. Map based, linked
scenarios, it doesn’t really matter what the
format is as long as the group is dedicated.
Campaigns, just offer me so much, they give
structure to our usual meet-ups and there are
always special scenarios. Your armies build
a real narrative as certain units become hardened
veterans of the vicious campaign while
others are reduced to a few stragglers or are
whipped out completely. These are just
some of the reasons I’m especially excited
for what we’re featuring in this month’s
Dust Chronicles.
Many of you have seen the campaign presented
in Operation: Hades. And if you
haven’t, why not? There’s a great map included
and many of the locations are keyed
and some have scenarios included. What
we have done here at Dust Chronicles is
partnered with the World Wide Dust League
to bring you a fully fleshed out Dust Tactics
Zverograd Campaign. Each location is
keyed and has a scenario described right here
in DC. By partnering with WWDL we have
the ability to do a global campaign. As you
play out each scenario, send in the results
to http://dust-chronicles.com/dhome.html
and your games will help determine control
of objectives and ultimately of the fate of
Zverograd itself. Not only will you be able
to fight for control of Zverograd, your wins
and losses will go towards your player ranking.
If you don’t normally play Tactics (and
why not?) this might be a good break for you
from the normal routine. Also, this league
period has a new category for player rankings
called ‘Overlord’ which will combine
your reported Tactics and Warfare games.
So what are you waiting for? Turn to page
51 and get cracking, log on and record your
results. Good luck!
editorial
submissions
We have received many submissions, many
of which are better than what we were coming
up with ourselves. We must ask that if
you submit something to us and we tell you
we want to use it, that you not post it elsewhere
prior to publishing in Dust Chronicles.
Doing so will disqualify it from inclusion,
of course once it’s published you are
free to post it wherever you like, though we
would appreciate it if you wait till the 10th
of the month to do so.
As you may have noticed, we are trying to
theme each issue to a subject and/or a season.
If you have an idea that doesn’t fit the upcoming
theme, please be aware that we may
well wish to use it in a future issue. We are
always looking for reports From The Front
for either Tactics or Warfare. We have no
set format for these reports at this time, just
be sure to include both text and photos. For
painting and modeling How2 articles, use
the format that has been established here
and is universal to the subject (i.e. step-bystep
with accompanying pictures). If you
have ideas for submissions that don’t ‘fit’
the current layout of the magazine submit
them anyway. If they are good, we’ll find a
way to make ‘em fit.
Due to the time it takes to edit and layout the
content of the magazine, please submit your
content 30 days prior to the date of publishing.
The next issue will be April and so content
needs to be submitted by March 1st.
Submit articles, communications and complaints
to dustfanzine@hotmail.com
Editor-in-chief
Patrick D