Using the planning desk.
Are all six tools free?
Yes. Calculating, reading the working, downloading text and printing require no payment or registration. Your own connection, device and printer costs remain separate.
How do I start an army budget?
Enter the quantity, gold cost and population assumption for each unit. Add a gold budget, capacity allowance and optional reserve. The result separates recruitment cost, reserve and population checks.
Where do default unit values come from?
They are editable arithmetic examples, not a live balance database. Replace them with figures appropriate to your game mode and current version before using the worksheet.
What does Unit Comparison calculate?
For each option it finds floor(budget / cost) and floor(population allowance / per-unit population). The smaller quantity is the stand-alone capacity under those assumptions. Optional training time uses a serial-only calculation.
How does the resource ledger work?
Gold income equals miner count × entered gold per miner per minute × whole minutes. Starting gold plus that income minus planned spending gives the projected end balance. The reserve is checked separately.
What is the optional mana ledger?
It is a custom scenario you can enable explicitly. Its start + rate × minutes − planned use calculation is separate from gold and does not imply a standard Legacy mana economy. Leave its fields blank when it is off.
Why can a balance be negative?
A negative result means the entered spending exceeds the starting amount and calculated income. It identifies a shortfall in the worksheet rather than silently changing your spending assumption.
How does Battle Strategy Planner choose prompts?
Your mode, objective, observed pressure and commitment style select fixed editorial review prompts. Change a selection and build again to review a different sequence.
Are checklist ticks included in my copy?
Yes. Download text reads checkbox states at the moment you click it. Browser printing uses the currently displayed checklist. Ticks are current-page reminders and do not persist after you leave.
Can I mix currencies in the upgrade total?
Use one currency for all lines in a plan. A sum is meaningful only when every line uses the same unit. Build separate plans for gold, gems, upgrade points or other custom tokens.
How are upgrade costs added?
For each line, purchase j costs first + (j − 1) × increase. The series total is n × first + increase × n × (n − 1) / 2. Every purchase is listed so that you can check the progression.
How is the quiz scored?
Each exact matching answer earns one point. Wrong or unanswered items earn zero; all eight questions stay in the denominator. The result shows the number answered and explains every correct answer.
How do downloads and printing work?
Build a valid result, then choose Download text (.txt) or Print / Save PDF. The copy includes the inputs, method and current checklist states where applicable. You control where copies are saved and shared.
Does the site save my inputs?
The delivered tools process entries in the current browser page and do not keep an answer history or intentionally write inputs to cookies, localStorage or sessionStorage. Browser autofill, extensions and chosen downloads can retain separate copies.
Why is an optional field missing from the summary?
Blank optional fields are omitted. Where a blank reserve or custom amount contributes zero internally, the method explains it. Text notes are displayed literally, and editing an input clears the previous result.