Warzone Eternal

Back From Adepticon - The First Annual Eternal Champions Tournament Results!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 10:07:54 AM

Hello Warzoners! 

We are back from Adepticon 2025 and things were GREAT! Alex will jump in here in the next few days for a more comprehensive update on how it went for us as a business and such, but I can say it was a great time, and Warzone Eternal made quite a splash. But that isn't why I'm making THIS update; I wanted to tell everyone how the first annual Warzone Eternal: Eternal Champions Tournament went!

While we had sold (out) 28 tickets for the event, we had a few folks make other plans, and ended up with 25 players showing up for our big event. It was fantastic. With a minor set up hiccup due to some of our tables being occupied by pick up games outside of the open gaming area, we got started a little later than intended... but still managed to get 3 action-packed rounds of games in, heralding in our first Eternal Champion! 

It came down to the last game. The two "top tables" were neck and neck, but our victorious Eternal Champion, Zach Grogan and his Algeroth forces, managed to score enough Victory Points to widen the gap between he and our Runner-Up, Nick Howell's Cybertronic strike force! We also got to crown the Best Sportsman (with a perfect 15 Sportsmanship Points!), Uriah Mach, and our booth's pro-painter, Rudy Ruffer, gave the Best Painted award to Phillip Dishon's striking and well-themed Algeroth forces! 

Everyone walked away with some fun door gifts, but the four big winners received even more!

- Phillip received a care package of great colors donated by Two Thin Coats and a Warzone Eternal Best Painted Award Certificate!
- Uriah received a Warzone Eternal Best Sportsmanship Award Certificate, a copy of a Warzone Sketchbook by Alex Horley, and one of Adepticon's gorgeous winner Medals!
- Nick received a Warzone Eternal Runner-Up Award Certificate, a copy of a Warzone Sketchbook by Alex Horley, and one of Adepticon's gorgeous winner Medals, and gets his name engraved on the 2025 Winners Plate for the Eternal Champion Trophy!
- Zach received a Warzone Eternal Champion Award Certificate, a copy of a Warzone Sketchbook by Alex Horley, and one of Adepticon's gorgeous winner Medals, and gets his name engraved on the 2025 Winners Plate for the Eternal Champion Trophy! 

Also, in the next 30 Days, Zach gets to make the big decision to have any qualifying Mutant Chronicles Unit "jump the queue" into the design process for concepting, playtesting, sculpting, and release as soon as we can manage it... so he (and others!) will be able to use the Unit in next year's Eternal Champion Tournament (and other events, of course)! 

It was amazing, and Alex and I couldn't be happier with how things turned out. The future of Warzone Eternal and its Community is looking very bright. 

Because people love to know the standings, here is everyone that played in the tourney, their final rankings, and the faction they chose to represent! 

1st - Zach G. (Algeroth) 
2nd - Nick H. (Cybertronic)
3rd - Chris W. (Imperial)
4th - Tony P. (Cybertronic)
5th - Brian S. (Bauhaus)
6th - Andrew W. (Brotherhood)
7th - Amira S. (Imperial)
8th - Mark F. (Bauhaus)
9th - Jasper M. (Capitol)
10th - Phillip D. (Algeroth)
11th - Grey M. (Bauhaus)
12th - Frank K. (Brotherhood)
13th - Logan R. (Imperial)
14th - Camroc M. (Mishima)
15th - Thomas E. (Bauhaus)
16th - Donald H. (Brotherhood)
17th - Dan M. (Capitol)
18th - Joe Z. (Algeroth)
19th - Mike K. (Algeroth)
20th - Bryan B. (Cybertronic)
21st - Zara F. (Mishima)
22nd - Uriah M. (Bauhaus)
23rd - Jon R. (Brotherhood)
24th - Aaron N. (Brotherhood)
25th - Brian M. (Brotherhood)

So, there you have it! Thanks to everyone who came out and played; it was an awe inspiring event. Can't wait for next year, and for more tourneys to pop up around the world as fulfillment closes in on being wrapped up!

 

Shipping Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 04:52:51 PM

Hey Warzone Eternal backers,

It's been a busy, but productive, two and a half weeks since my last update, and I wanted to update you all on the status of delivery of the project. But before diving into that, just a quick note about the shipping process.

As I've mentioned in the past, the product for Warzone Eternal was manufactured here in the US (aside from the dice, which were produced by Q Workshop). Additionally, Res Nova is the smallest of small companies (for all intents and purposes, I'm a one-man shop). So, those two things combined mean that this isn't a project at the scale to which some of you may be accustomed from other Kickstarter projects. There isn't a fabricator producing the product and then shipping that product to a variety of international distribution hubs. There's one hub - my home - and all of the orders have been picked and packed there (thanks a TON to Megan, Paul, Bryan, Mark, Luca, and Nate for lending a hand).

When it comes to international shipping, specifically the EU and UK, those orders all need to be packed and palletized to be freighted across the Atlantic to my distribution partner for shipping. The alternative would be for me to send packages directly to those backers, but the shipping costs would be astronomical compared to the costs for shipping from a more local fulfillment facility. So while I fully recognize the disappointment in seeing others receiving their pledges while you're still waiting, please understand there's a method to the madness. 

That being said, if any EU/UK backers are particularly eager to get their items and aren't put off by the potential shipping costs directly from the US, please contact me: [email protected]

US Non-Retail

As of this morning, all shipments to US backers (minus a handful of unique cases) have been dispatched. This is a significant milestone in the project as it accounts for well more than half of the total shipments for the Kickstarter. I think my local UPS office will be happy to not see me pulling up with a trunk full of packages tomorrow morning.

Canada

Canadian backers are being tackled next with direct shipments from Res Nova. The evolving uncertainty in the tariff situation makes this a priority right now and the manageable number of orders means I should be able to wrap this up in a day or two. Addresses for Canadian backers have been locked and shipping charges should be expected sometime before the end of the week.

EU/UK

As detailed above, EU and UK orders are being picked and packed here to be freighted to my fulfillment partner, Shipquest. I decided to pick and pack here, as opposed to sending items to Shipquest in bulk and allow them to sort, is because, with 70+ distinct SKUs in this Kickstarter, the time and cost quotes were exceptionally high for the number of actual orders being processed. I'm in contact with my Shipquest rep nearly every day, and VAT and shipping calculations are currently being worked out. In the meantime, I'm assembling those packaged orders now, so that I can get things on a pallet as soon as they give me the go ahead.

Australia/New Zealand

Backers in Australia and New Zealand have also had their addresses locked down. With a much more manageable number of orders (and SKUs) than those destined for the EU/UK, items are being shipped in bulk to an Australian fulfillment partner for local re-distribution. So, as with the EU/UK, shipping costs will be significantly less than direct shipments from Res Nova and freight costs for getting the items to Australia will be covered by Res Nova. Backers in these two countries should expect to see shipping charges arrive sometime in the next two weeks.

Rest Of World

Orders to backers not in one of the specific regions identified above will be processed as a group at the end of shipping.

Retail

Given the vastly different packaging dimensions, and thus entirely distinct shipping costs calculations, retail orders needed to be processed as a distinct group. The intent is for retail orders in the EU to ship at the same time as the non-retail EU/UK orders, but I'll know more as things progress.

Finally, Bryan and I are off to Milwaukee next week for my favorite miniatures convention in the US - Adepticon! I can't wait to hang out with the community that has grown up around this game, see Warzone Eternal models on the tabletop, and crown someone the inaugural Warzone Eternal champion. Come see us at booth 307 if you'll be there.

Alex / Res Nova Games

Fees from VAT charges
about 1 year ago – Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 02:16:01 PM

Hey everyone, another quick update, and hopefully the last one related to the VAT charges that were improperly run earlier this week.

It appears that some of you were hit with fees (they seem to generally be international transaction fees) that were not returned as part of the refund. I'm working with Backerkit to try and rectify this, but it may boil down to me providing this as a credit to your eventual VAT/shipping charges. That's obviously an unplanned expense for Res Nova, but those aren't costs you guys should be expected to bear.

If you were subject to such fees that were not returned, and you would like those to be compensated, please send me a message to [email protected]. In that message please provide your name and address (so I can verify the proper affected account) and the amount of the fees. A snapshot of those fees from a statement would also be helpful - but please make sure that snapshot doesn't include any of your account details or other private information.

Thanks again,

Alex / Res Nova Games

EU/UK Backers - VAT Collection - UPDATE!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 04:21:00 PM

It appears that Backerkit has quickly corrected the errant charges and refunded them to the accounts of all of you that were inappropriately charged. If this wasn't corrected for any of you, please reach out to me at [email protected].

Again, my apologies for any inconvenience or alarm caused.

Alex / Res Nova Games

EU/UK Backers - VAT Collection
about 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:18:49 PM

Hey everyone, just a very quick update here.

It looks like some of our EU and UK backers were just charged for VAT. This was not supposed to happen at this point because 1) I've promised to provide a heads up before charges landed and 2) VAT was supposed to be charged at the same time that shipping charges were passed along.

Unfortunately, while pushing through a round of charges for US backers whose cards had been declined last week, Backerkit pushed through charges on all outstanding balances - which included preliminary VAT calculations. This was an error and I've already contacted Backerkit to try and correct this.

I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to any of you.

Alex / Res Nova Games