Posts made by Pelanderfunk

In most games where I’ve played as the allies, Japan focuses on China and the UK first. If this is the case, I use ANZAC as a fighter factory. Their income (usually 10, 15, or 20) lends itself to 10 IPC purchases, and the fighters are able to get to the front much faster than ships. Also, because they go last, you can have the US attack an island (Carolinas, Philippines, etc), and ANZAC can land fighters there on their turn for defence.

What if on the first turn of play, Germany/Italy don’t attack the US, but Japan attacks UK/ANZAC? In P40, that meant that the US could declare war on Japan – if they did, would that mean that the US would be at war with Japan but not Germany?

I can’t even find the preorder link on Amazon…

@calvinhobbesliker:

Since when is 6=2?

See? This is exactly why I need to use a calculator…

I’ve attached an Excel 2007 Macro-enabled spreadsheet that I use for banking in AAP40. It keeps track of income, bonuses, purchases, turn order etc – basically anything the banker would otherwise have to write down. This forum won’t let me attach a .XLSM spreadsheet, so I renamed it .XLS, you’ll have to add the ‘M’ to the end once you save it to your computer.

I don’t know if you guys will use it, but it helps with calculating purchase costs, remember numbers, and settling the “I had 2 left over!” kinds of arguments that seem to pop up in the later stages of the game.

There’s two steps to using it:

1. Enter the number of each type of unit you’re purchasing in Column K
2. Hit Ctrl-P to ring the purchase through (if you make a mistake, you can void purchases by entering a negative number in Column K and hitting Ctrl-P)
3. When the turn is over, adjust the incomes/bonus of each country up and down.
4. Hit Ctrl-T to advance the turn.
6. Remember to subtract convoy damage from your bank after hitting Ctrl-T
AAP40_Bank.xls