Keeping Track of IPC

[allister]

@barnee thanks heaps.

While I’m on a role!!

Keeping track of the national production/IPC at the top of the board… to recalculate them at any time, do you count the numbers territories you possess? And is there a good online calculator to help with this?

[barnee]

@allister

:)

[Panther]

@allister

Please create new threads for new topics. Thank you.

[shadowhawk]

@allister

What i normaly do is using the roundels of the countries and updating it at the end of the turn.
So each new country you capture you place the roundel upside down. Then when you did all your non-combat moves you have an update board phase where you flip the roundels and update the tracker.
This way you dont forget a country and you keep it updated so no need to count all countries individualy.

[LewisClark]

@shadowhawk Just got done writing an Android app to keep track of all the IPCs that a Power should get. We got sick and tired and also a waste of time in determining how many IPCs one gets at the end of a turn.

[shadowhawk]

@LewisClark
Nice, still requires manual updating ofcourse same as the ipc tracker.

But its less error prone i guess as you cant accidentally shift a roundel on the tracker.

[LewisClark]

@shadowhawk Yes but it is just one click and a confirmation in the app. The database select does all of the work.

[shadowhawk]

@LewisClark said in Keeping Track of IPC:

@shadowhawk Just got done writing an Android app to keep track of all the IPCs that a Power should get. We got sick and tired and also a waste of time in determining how many IPCs one gets at the end of a turn.

Its good to combine with my idea to use roundels to keep track of countries you still need to process in the App.
So you can do that update phase while the active players does his non-combat/placement.

When there is a lot of combat going on ( like china vs japan ) i tend to do roll all combat and then update the surivors in the countries. Having a huge stack of dice means i can use the dice to represent surviving units.

[fasthard]

@allister I had the same problem about tracking the income. Therefore I created this Excel Table, (this screeenshoted here is only valid for BM). If there is interest I can invest some time to adjust it for OOB or have a look if i can find a former OOB version anywhere on my hard drive.

[allister]

@fasthard thanks heaps for that!!!

[allister]

@fasthard hello, how did you go?

[fasthard]

@allister sorry I wanted to do some new stuff, didn’t find the time and than forgot it…

Here is my up to date BM4 tracker:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mt89ckp0gjk5mqzrtf3et/BM4_XvsL_GER1_20241001.xlsm?rlkey=57bqtrwatnrla2p2zgt5vb08z&st=svk1atha&dl=0

You need to allow macros (there are a lot in the table).

If you want to change the territory owner just use the drop down below the territory.
NOs are tracked this way (some NOs do not depend on territories for this reason there are several checkboxes, (political situation, subs present in atlatic, surface warships in med, …)

I also found an old OOB version:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ptqw0zg0mshbx95ooymnc/AxisAndAllies_GLOBAL_1940_2nd_Initial_20200312.xlsm?rlkey=5qmmqjab0k03ihbftkn1a8lwf&st=ppc7lboz&dl=0

Please let me know if you are able to use it, have any questions, feedback, etc.

[allister]

@fasthard said in Keeping Track of IPC:

BM4

hello Fasthard, this is incredible. massive lot of work in this… thanks!

would love some tips on how to get it working. what timezone are you in? are you open to a phonecall/zoom at some point to share screens please?

i am ready green at this… i only have pacific edition currently, the actually manual game with plastic pieces. will the BM4 work?

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@allister

BM4 refers to the “Balanced Mod [4th edition]”. It’s broadly similar to the original Global 1940 with some minor modifications and additions to make it more balanced.

If you’re trying to use one of these for Pacific 1940 2nd edition (no modifications), then you’ll have to do a few things to make it work. You’ll have to ignore the European nations and all the new additions. Keep in mind that the US has significantly fewer national objectives in the Pacific-only map as opposed to the European map (tip: If a national objective mentions a territory not on the board, it’s a good indicator that it’s not in the Pacific-only version). You’ll need to still consult the rules to account for all the changes though.