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Dust Tactics: Core Rulebook(2014)

★ 7.0 BGG2–4 players30 minWeight 3.00
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Games like Dust Tactics: Core Rulebook

Looking for games like Dust Tactics: Core Rulebook? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a board that reshapes itself so no two games play alike. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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Space Hulk(1989)

★ 7.52 players45 minWeight 2.5
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75/100

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Dust Warfare: Core Rulebook(2012)

★ 7.52–4 playersWeight 3.4
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74/100

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Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal – The Pacific 1942(2016)

★ 8.02–4 playersWeight 3.1
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72/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

WWII Micro Armour: The Game(2001)

★ 6.92 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
71/100

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Space Hulk (Third Edition)(2009)

★ 7.52 players60 minWeight 2.8
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71/100

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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium(2017)

★ 7.72 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
70/100

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AT-43 Initiation Set: Operation Damocles(2006)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 2.8
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70/100

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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Vengeance(2012)

★ 7.32 playersWeight 3.3
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70/100

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Shadow War: Armageddon(2017)

★ 7.42–4 playersWeight 3.3
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70/100

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Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels(2021)

★ 6.91–4 players30 minWeight 2.8
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70/100

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Brutality Skirmish Wargame(2020)

★ 8.71–4 players30 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
70/100

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Firestorm Armada(2009)

★ 7.22–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
70/100

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