"Chips for Cheap Bastards Like Me" I have several different versions of A&A which provided me with most of the pieces I need, and I use the same size chips of different colors for different units, and other purposes. Forts- I use a black chip as a base, then I take a brown chip and snip off 2 little pieces on the sides for a semi- rectangular top. Actually looks pretty cool, and makes kepping track of fort damage a lot easier. I do the same thing for an airfield- cut down white strip on top of a black disc, gray for upgraded airfields. I use cut down green chips (they actually wind up looking a little bit like dollar bills) for lend lease. Cut down blue chips I use to help keep track of invasion/Airborne points. I use uncut chips for all the rest. Orange chips for ship damage markers. Orange chips with black circles drawn on the inside for out of supply markers. Has a neat sort of "zero", or "oh" effect. Like "Oh Crap!, we're out of ammo, food, and fuel." I use a blue chip under a grunt to mark them as Airborne. For countries that I only have one artillery piece for, I slide a green chip under to designate anti- tank. You can use black to designate heavy armor, green for light, etc, etc. Also, Ive found that alternating gray and white chips in a stack makes the little buggers a lot easier to count at a glance.
