Quartermaster

Tips and tricks: Daemonic Gifts

The new Daemons of Chaos and Chaos Daemons books have Daemonic Gifts, which function very differently to the normal Magic Items and Wargear. You can buy a number of gifts of a certain type, but you don’t determine what they are until the start of the game.

Here’s how I would cater for Daemonic Gifts in Quartermaster.

1. Make sure you have version 4.3 of Quartermaster or greater.
2. Add all the Exalted Gifts, Greater Gifts, and Lesser Gifts to the items list for the Quartermaster template. Give each gift a cost of 0 points.
3. For any character or unit that can purchase Daemonic Gifts, add a Command option for each different type they’re allowed, up to the maximum they can buy.
   • For example, if a Fantasy character is allowed gifts up to a total cost of 50 points, add a Command upgrade for “Greater Gift” up to a maximum of 1 with a cost of 50 points, and a Command upgrade for “Lesser Gift” up to a maximum of 2 with a cost of 25 points.
4. For each Command option you created for the gifts, add item allowances. Enter the type of Daemonic Gift, and set no points limit.

Now you’ll be able to equip the Command options during list creation to show the types of Daemonic Gifts you’re buying. Then, once you roll for the gifts at the start of a game, choose the Daemonic Gift from the Magic Items or Wargear list for the Command option representing the gift you just rolled.

Quartermaster 4.3 is now available

Quartermaster 4.3 is now available in the App Store.

★ Share game systems ★

You can now export your game systems, making it much easier to share your common Magic Items list. Import shared game system files in the same way as army list files and template files.

1. From the Edit Templates view, tap the blue disclosure button for the game system on iPhone, or tab the Edit Items button for the game system on iPad.
2. In the Items view, tap the Share button.

★ Open files in other apps ★

Open army list files, template files, and game system files in compatible apps. Compatible apps include Dropbox and other cloud storage services, local file storage apps, and text-editing apps for advanced tinkering.

1. Tap the Share button from any army list view, template view, or system items view.
2. Tap the Open In button and choose the other app.

★ Magic Item and Wargear allowances for unit command ★

Templates now allow unit command characters to be given item allowances. Give unit characters access to magic items or wargear, and give unit standard bearers access to magic banners.

1. When editing a template, tap the ‘add item allowances’ cell.
2. Edit item allowances in the same manner as for Lords, Heroes, and HQ characters.

★ Better use of special rules ★

Add special rules to your magic items, wargear, and unit options to create a quick reference for your army.

• Add special rules to magic items and wargear.
• Special rules for items are listed with the option when creating lists.
• Any magic items, wargear, and unit options with special rules are listed below the published list.

★ Improved published lists and summaries ★

Several changes have been made to improve the usefulness and readability of the published lists and summaries.

• Simplified navigation lets you access both published lists and summaries straight from the Share button.
• Any upgrades with special rules but without profiles are now listed below the published list.
• Summaries are now even more streamlined, removing unnecessary details.
• Published list layouts now look cleaner.

★ Improved template editing ★

Editing options and upgrades in templates is now quicker and easier.

• Auto-correct is now active when entering unit and option names. Originally I thought this would be annoying with all the non-standard words in the games, but as iOS learns new words over time it becomes really useful for quick data entry.
• New options default to being equipped automatically with a cost of 0, making it quicker to add standard equipment for units.
• As soon as a cost is added for an option, it is set to not being equipped automatically, as it must be a paid option.
• When setting the ‘equip’ setting, choose ‘equip once for the unit’ for quick single options.
• The ‘equip up to a set maximum’ option now defaults to 2, the most common maximum.

★ Helpful hints and links ★

Authoring templates is hard work. Quartermaster now contains a few helpful hints and links to online resources to get you started more quickly.

• Go straight to the online user manual from the template editing view.
• Search the web for shared templates.
• Create a template just for 40k Fortifications and add it as an allied detachment to include Fortifications in your army.

Quartermaster 4.2.4 is now available

Quartermaster 4.2.4 is now available in the App Store.

Quartermaster 4.2.4 is a minor update. The list for adding allies now displays correctly.

40k allies in Quartermaster 4.2.3

I rushed to fix the bugs in 4.2.2 before the Christmas shutdown period, and unfortunately the problems with adding 40k allies is still not completely fixed.

In Quartermaster 4.2.3, when you go to add an allied detachment to your 40k army, the list of available templates is displayed incorrectly. It will show the first of your 40k templates, but then displays the rest of the list incorrectly. However, the problem is only with displaying the list of templates; you can still add the allied template. Tap any of the incorrectly-displayed rows to add the corresponding 40k template.

So for example, if you have templates for Chaos Daemons, Chaos Space Marines, and Imperial Guard, your list of ally templates will have three rows in total: the first will show Chaos Daemons, then the second and third row will incorrectly display “create new WHFB template”. If you wanted to add an allied Chaos Space Marine attachment, they are the second template in your list alphabetically, so you would tap the second row to add them. For Imperial Guard, tap the third row.

Sorry for the inconvenience. I’ll try to get the bug resolved as soon as possible after the Christmas shutdown.

- Sean

Quartermaster 4.2.3 is now available

Quartermaster 4.2.3 is now available in the App Store.

Quartermaster 4.2.3 is a minor update. It contains bug fixes.

• Removing all army lists no longer causes the app to crash.
• 40k allies are now added correctly.

Special thanks to the Apple App Store approval team for such a fast turn-around. Have a Merry Christmas, Quartermasters!

Quartermaster 4.2.2 is now available

Quartermaster 4.2.2 is now available in the App Store.

Quartermaster 4.2.2 is a minor update. It contains bug fixes and other minor enhancements.

• Allied attachments no longer conflict with primary detachments when renamed
• Army lists now save correctly when an allied detachment is deleted
• Default options with multiples no longer show in the summary output
• Unit size adjustment now updates much more smoothly
• Attached units can now be reordered
• Adding and removing Magic Items now updates the list total correctly
• Points costs listed in the Add Unit view now include the costs of any default options
• Editing favourites now updates much more smoothly
• Tap and hold a unit to duplicate it quickly

Quartermaster 4.2.1 is now available

Quartermaster 4.2.1 is now available in the App Store.

Quartermaster 4.2.1 is a minor update. It contains bug fixes and other minor enhancements.

• Accessibility issues for Voice Over are fixed.
• Hints on wargear views are updated for 6th Edition Codexes.
• Magic Items and Wargear are now listed at the start of a unit’s upgrades in published views, after any Command choices. This way, Magic Items and Wargear purchased for a unit are more clearly associated with Command choices.
• Any qmtemplate files added using iTunes file import are correctly processed for use.
• Popover navigation on iPad has been cleaned up.
• Deleted or missing templates no longer hide sections for army lists.
• Deleting a favourite army list no longer causes a crash.
• Upgrade costs for options equipped multiple times are now counted correctly.
• The icon grid when creating a new Magic Item category now resizes properly, and arranges more intelligently when in landscape orientation on iPhone.
• Duplicating an army list when another duplicate already exists no longer overwrites the existing duplicate.
• Animations for refreshing rearranged options are fixed.

Quartermaster 4.2 is now available

Quartermaster 4.2 is now available in the App Store.

✫ Ready for iOS 6 and iPhone 5 ✫

Various tweaks to Quartermaster make it ready for the latest operating system update, while still maintaining compatibility with iOS 5. Quartermaster 4.2 also supports the new 4” screens on iPhone 5 and 5th-generation iPod Touch.

✫ Allies and detachments ✫

Quartermaster now fully supports allied detachments. Allied detachments bring multiple new options across both gaming systems.

• Include an allied detachment according to the rules for allies in both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy.
• Use multiple detachments for Apocalypse games.
• Create a template just for 40k 6th Edition Fortifications so they can be added to any Warhammer 40,000 army.
• Create a template for Storm of Magic Scrolls of Binding so they can be added to any Warhammer Fantasy army.

✫ Favourite army lists ✫

Quartermaster makes it so simple to write up army lists that it’s easy to amass a huge number of them! Mark your favourite army lists with a star so they show up at the top of the view and don’t get lost among the dozens of other lists you’ve made.

• Mark favourite lists right from the My Armies view.
• Favourite lists are gathered at the top of the view.
• Favourite settings are maintained after exporting and importing.

✫ Other enhancements ✫

• Swipe options to reset the equipped count.
• Published lists and summaries have several aesthetic enhancements.
• The unit size stepper now updates the unit point total.
• Minor bugs fixed.

Quartermaster 4.1.2 is now available

Quartermaster 4.1.2 is now available in the App Store.

Version 4.1.2 is a minor update. It contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements.

• The view for selecting Magic Items no longer causes a crash when an army has fewer item categories than the common items.
• Rearranging alternative options in a certain order no longer causes a crash.
• Rules for attached units are no longer listed twice in the army list view.
• Duplicating default options now resets the equipped flag.
• Force organisation categories with no available entries are now hidden when authoring a list.
• The Contact menu has been rearranged and now includes a link to the User Guide.

About Quartermaster

Quartermaster is a complete army management tool for Warhammer™ Fantasy Battles and Warhammer 40,000™ tabletop games. Use Quartermaster to help create and manage army roster lists for all your favourite armies. No more loose notes and scribbled calculations!

Create and share army templates

Army templates are complete references for every option in your army. Easily author templates right in the app and share them among your friends.

Quartermaster does not include any templates itself for copyright reasons.

Create army lists

Once you have created or imported your army template, pick and choose the units you want in your army and Quartermaster calculates your totals.

Publish and share army lists

Hit the Publish button and Quartermaster produces a clear and easy-to-read reference sheet. Use the published list on your device during games. Email the list to friends, or print it to an AirPrint-capable printer. Generate styled forum code for sharing on discussion forums, or export the army file to send to another Quartermaster device.

This app is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Limited.

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