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In regard the Dunst Opening (1. Nc3) which was discussed briefly in an
earlier comment, Tim Harding has written a short, but informative, article
about it at www.chesscafe.com.  Harding points out that players who want to
get their opponent 'out of the book' like to use it.  He also provides a
few nice White wins and mentions that the Dunst Opening has been a
favourite of the FIDE International Master, Zvonko Mestrovic [from
Sarajevo].  I will be writing a book review on Bill Wall's Dunst Opening
book for UON # 15.  Bill and I are currently writing a chess book about a
different opening system for both white and black.  That system pertains
to: The Hippopotamus, Krazy Kat, and Paris (Amar) openings.  These are
even more removed from mainstream than the Dunst.  But getting back to 1.
Nc3 ... I believe it to be an extremely solid opening.  You can, in many
games, get both your knights on your Kingside (where you castle in this
line), achieve a pawn lock that isolates the Queenside from the Kingside,
and allows for you (as white) to launch a major Kingside attack on
Black (who has castled Kingside in this scene).  Of course, that scenario can
be avoided [as was the case in my game here at CV], but white can still have a 
solid game... just not as much fun.  As a last note, Harding's article mentions a 
file of Dunst games that players can download and play through.