1940 reference cards

Hello all,

I’ve been working on creating some custom reference cards for the 1940 games.  My goal was to create a single set of references that could be used for Pacific, Europe, or Global.  I also wanted the cards to fit the motif of the game, so they wouldn’t stand out as obviously being an add-in.  I designed these to fit on cards measuring 5"x7" or less, so that the cards would fit into the storage boxes that I use for my pieces.

So far I’ve created setup card and politics cards, which I’m intending to be two sides of the same card.  I’m working on finishing up some general reference charts and national objective cards.

Here are the results of my labor so far.  http://www.mediafire.com/folder/6xmoz7a93pgff/A%26A40_Reference_Cards

As you’ll see, these references should work for all three versions of the game, although it might require you to ignore information that doesn’t pertain to a particular version.  Where required, I’ve explicitly annotated where information is different between versions.

My plan is to get these printed onto 5x7 cards at boardgamesmaker.com.  If you’re interested, here’s the link to their custom cards: https://www.boardgamesmaker.com/print/fi-8977.html

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.  The remaining cards will follow soon.

I’ve added some general reference cards to the link above.  These will be 2-sided, using the same printing link above.

Back of reference card

National Objective cards can be found here:  http://www.mediafire.com/?sgz3gr48qxs6l

Most of these are designed to be printed two-sided, so that you can flip the card over to indicate that you have accomplished the objective.

I will print these on 2.25x3.5 cards: https://www.boardgamesmaker.com/print/bridge-size-blank-card-4332.html

Thanks…  I miss the good old days where references like this came in the box.

I’ll post some photos once I get the final printed products.

@Tjoek:

Well done! It looks like you reused some original artwork as the background of these ref. cards. Did you extract this from one of the manuals?

Yep, I used the PDF of the manual, copied the cover into my photo editing software, and clipped a portion of it to use as a background for my cards.

The finished product showed up in the mail today.  Boardgamesmaker did a fantastic job.  These turned out really well.  The cards are thin, but have a durable plastic feel to them.  The reference charts are 5"x7", so shouldn’t take up a lot of table space.

I also had them print me some additional Italy and Germany control makers, as well as some task force markers and cards.  The whole setup ran me about $50, including shipping.  Probably not the cheapest option, but I’m quite happy with the product.  If you’re looking for something similar, the links to my source files, and the respective links to the products at boardgamesmaker.com are in the thread above.

Reference charts

Setup/Politics charts

The Mediafire links are in the message above, but here they are again.

NO Cards:  http://www.mediafire.com/?sgz3gr48qxs6l
Setup/Politics Charts:  http://www.mediafire.com/folder/6xmoz7a93pgff/A%26A40_Reference_Cards

@Tjoek:

@TheMarshall:

The Mediafire links are in the message above, but here they are again.

I think I didn’t express myself clearly. I was hoping you could share your original design file with seperate layers so I will be able to create translations into Dutch and create some other reference cards in the same style.

Ah, yes.  I understand now.

I created them using OpenOffice Draw.  Let me see about posting the source files.

@Tjoek:

Really nice work! Would you be so kind to share to design files?

I added the source files to the folders above.  They are the ODG files, which can be opened with OpenOffice or LibreOffice.

Glad you like them.  Use them in good health!