Text game board display

Question

I have a game that consists of

• Four countries each has four soldiers

• board that has 24 places to step on.

• Each turn a random dice lands a solider from each team on a place(number) on the board according to the output of the dice.

• After the turn ends the games display the current position of each soldier from each team.

I wonder if there is another easier way to get the output as shown in the linked image. The current routine is 2680 lines long.

If a soldier is on a space on the board, it prints the soldier. Otherwise it prints the space number.

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bool PlayBo::ShowBo()
{
 cout << " France";
 cout << endl;
 if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g2g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g3g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g1";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g3g2g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g3g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g2g1";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g3g2g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g3g2";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g2";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g3g2";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4g3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
 {
 cout << " ";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 //space 200
 if (b1->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (y1->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (r3->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 200)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " GS";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 6
 if (b1->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 6)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 06"; 
 } 
 //space 7
 if (b1->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (b4->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (g2->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (y2->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (y4->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (r1->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 7)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 07";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 5 
 if (b1->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 5)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 05"; 
 } 
 //space 201
 if (g1->value == 211)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 211)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 211)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 211)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " G1"; 
 }
 //space 22
 if (b1->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (g1->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (g2->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (g4->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 8)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 08";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 4 
 if (b1->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 4)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 04"; 
 } 
 //space 202
 if (g1->value == 212)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 212)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 212)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 212)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " G2"; 
 }
 //space 9
 if (b1->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (b2->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (b3->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (b4->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (y1->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (y2->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 else if (r1->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 9)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 09";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 3 
 if (b1->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 3)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 03"; 
 } 
 //space 203
 if (g1->value == 213)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 213)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 213)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 213)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " G3"; 
 }
 //space 10
 if (b1->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 10)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 10"; 
 }
 cout << " ";
 if (y3 == british)
 {
 cout << "y3"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 }
 cout << endl; 
 //space 2 
 if (b1->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 2)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 02"; 
 } 
 //space 204
 if (g1->value == 214)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 214)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 214)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 214)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " G4"; 
 }
 //space 11
 if (b1->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " r1"; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 11)
 {
 cout << " r4"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 11"; 
 }
 cout << " ";
 if (y3 == british)
 {
 cout << "y3"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 }
 cout << endl; 
 cout << "UK";
 //space 1 
 if (b1->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 1)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 01"; 
 } 
 //space 12
 cout << " ";
 if (b1->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " b2"; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " b4"; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " g2"; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " g4"; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " y1"; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " y4"; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " r2"; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 12)
 {
 cout << " r4"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 12"; 
 }
 cout << " ";
 if (y2 == british)
 {
 cout << "y2"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 }
 cout << endl; 
 //space 100
 if (b1 == italian)
 {
 cout << "b1"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 }
 if (b1->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 100)
 {
 cout << "r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "BS"; 
 }
 //space 101
 if (b1->value == 111)
 {
 cout << " b1"; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 111)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 111)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 111)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " B1"; 
 }
 //space 102
 if (b1->value == 112)
 {
 cout << "b1"; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 112)
 {
 cout << "b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 112)
 {
 cout << "b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 112)
 {
 cout << "b4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "B2"; 
 }
 //space 103
 if (b1->value == 113)
 {
 cout << "b1"; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 113)
 {
 cout << "b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 113)
 {
 cout << "b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 113)
 {
 cout << "b4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "B3"; 
 }
 //space 104
 if (b1->value == 114)
 {
 cout << "b1"; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 114)
 {
 cout << "b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 114)
 {
 cout << "b3";
 }
 else if (b4->value == 114)
 {
 cout << "b4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "B4"; 
 }
 cout << " ";
 //space 304
 if (y1->value == 314)
 {
 cout << "y1"; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 314)
 {
 cout << "y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 314)
 {
 cout << "y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 314)
 {
 cout << "y4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "Y4"; 
 }
 //space 303
 if (y1->value == 313)
 {
 cout << "y1"; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 313)
 {
 cout << "y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 313)
 {
 cout << "y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 313)
 {
 cout << "y4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "Y3"; 
 }
 //space 302
 if (y1->value == 312)
 {
 cout << "y1"; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 312)
 {
 cout << "y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 312)
 {
 cout << "y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 312)
 {
 cout << "y4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "Y2"; 
 }
 //space 301
 if (y1->value == 311)
 {
 cout << "y1"; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 311)
 {
 cout << "y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 311)
 {
 cout << "y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 311)
 {
 cout << "y4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << "Y1"; 
 }
 //space 300 
 if (b1->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 300)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " YS"; 
 }
 if (y1 == british)
 {
 cout << "y1"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 } 
 cout << endl;
 if (b2 == italian)
 {
 cout << "b2"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 } 
 //space 24 
 if (b1->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 24)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 24"; 
 } 
 //space 13
 cout << " ";
 if (b1->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " b2"; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " y2"; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 }
 else if (y4->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " r1"; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 13)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 13"; 
 }
 cout << " YE" << endl; 
 if (b3 == italian)
 {
 cout << "b3"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 } 
 //space 23 
 if (b1->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 23)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 23"; 
 } 
 //space 404
 if (r1->value == 414)
 {
 cout << " r1"; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 414)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 414)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 414)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " R4"; 
 }
 //space 14
 if (b1->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 14)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 14";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 if (b4 == italian)
 {
 cout << "b4"; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " ";
 } 
 //space 22 
 if (b1->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 22)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 22"; 
 } 
 //space 403
 if (r1->value == 413)
 {
 cout << " r1"; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 413)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 413)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 413)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " R3"; 
 }
 //space 15
 if (b1->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 15)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 15";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 21 
 if (b1->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 21)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 21"; 
 } 
 //space 402
 if (r1->value == 412)
 {
 cout << " g1"; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 412)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 412)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 412)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " R2"; 
 }
 //space 16
 if (b1->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 16)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 16";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 20 
 if (b1->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 20)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 20"; 
 } 
 //space 401
 if (r1->value == 411)
 {
 cout << " r1"; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 411)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 411)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 411)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " R1"; 
 }
 //space 17
 if (b1->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 17)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 17";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 19
 if (b1->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 }
 else if (b2->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 }
 else if (b3->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " b3"; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 }
 else if (g1->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 }
 else if (g2->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 }
 else if (g3->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 }
 else if (g4->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 }
 else if (y1->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 }
 else if (y2->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 }
 else if (y3->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " y3"; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 }
 else if (r1->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 }
 else if (r2->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 }
 else if (r3->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 }
 else if (r4->value == 19)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 19"; 
 } 
 //space 18
 if (b1->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 18)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " 18";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 //space 400
 if (b1->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b2->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b3->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (b4->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g1->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g2->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g3->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (g4->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y1->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y2->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y3->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (y4->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r1->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r2->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r3->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else if (r4->value == 400)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 else
 {
 cout << " Italy";
 cout << endl; 
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 != spanish && g4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r2";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r4";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r2r3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r3r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r2r4";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (r1 == spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r1r2r3r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r2r3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r2r4";
 cout << endl;
 } 
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 == spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r2r3r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 == spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r3r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 == spanish)
 {
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl;
 }
 if (r1 != spanish && r2 != spanish && r3 != spanish && r4 != spanish)
 {
 cout << " ";
 cout << endl;
 } 

• Zeta: Also, what's up with the quote ("The C++ language has two main components...")?

Answer 1

There are a great number of things you could do to improve this program.

Don't abuse using namespace std

Putting using namespace std at the top of every program is a bad habit that you'd do well to avoid. I don't know that you've actually done that, but it's an alarmingly common thing for new C++ programmers to do.

Use const where practical

It seems to me that printing the board shouldn't (and apparently doesn't) alter the underlying object. If that's the case, it should be declared const to relay and enforce that fact.

Eliminate "magic numbers"

The current code contains these two lines:

//space 201
if (g1->value == 211)

It's not at all obvious whether 201 (mentioned in the comment) or 211 (actually used in the code) is the correct value, or exactly what it represents. Better would be to use a named const value to avoid such confusion.

Separate concerns

There are essentially two different things involved in printing the board. The first is each individual data item and the second is the location on the screen. Also, the board is symmetric and is, more or less, four different quadrants. Each quadrant has a single country name. If we consider each country's "home" positions as four independent positions, the middle-of-board positions (e.g. the ones you've got labelled "G1" through "G4") and the positions on one side of the diamond, there are 15 possible different positions in which a particular soldier might be located within each quadrant. Since computers like base-16 numbers, let's say there are 16 and simply skip one. If we number each position with a 2-digit hex number and omit That layout looks like this:

 State0
 03020100
 08
 3e 09
 3d 04 0a
 3c 05 0b 13
 3b 06 0c 12
 3a 07 0d 11
State3 39 0e 10
 38 34353637 17161514 18
 30 2e 19 State1
 31 2d 27 1a
 32 2c 26 1b
 33 2b 25 1c
 2a 24 1d
 29 1e
 28
 20212223
 State2

Using this we can write a nice, neat print routine, but first let's look at objects.

Use objects

You have a board and four countries/players, each with four soldiers. It seems that you have an object for the board, but it's not clear that you have implemented objects for the other things. Doing so would greatly simplify your code. Here's one way to do that, using C++11 constructs and libraries:

class PlayBo {
public:
 friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const PlayBo &pb);
 std::string pos(int location) const;
private:
 static constexpr int SoldierCount{4};
 static constexpr int CountryCount{4};
 struct Country {
 Country(std::string name, char letter, int offset) :
 name{name},
 prefix{letter},
 offset{offset},
 soldier{}
 {
 std::iota(soldier.begin(), soldier.end(), offset);
 }
 std::string name;
 char prefix;
 int offset;
 std::array<int, SoldierCount> soldier;
 };
 std::array<Country, CountryCount> players{{
 {"France", 'g', 0x00},
 {"Italy ", 'y', 0x10},
 {" UK ", 'b', 0x20},
 {"Spain ", 'r', 0x30},
 }};
};

Don't use std::endl if you don't really need it

The difference betweeen std::endl and '\n' is that '\n' just emits a newline character, while std::endl actually flushes the stream. This can be time-consuming in a program with a lot of I/O and is rarely actually needed. It's best to only use std::endl when you have some good reason to flush the stream and it's not very often needed for simple programs such as this one. Avoiding the habit of using std::endl when '\n' will do will pay dividends in the future as you write more complex programs with more I/O and where performance needs to be maximized.

Use an ostream operator<< to print a class

Instead of using a named member function to print the class, I usually find it makes the object easier to use if instead we define an output stream operator. In this case, a friend class declaration within the PlayBo class might look like this:

friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const PlayBo &pb);

Here's an implementation using the classes shown above:

std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const PlayBo &b)
{
 return out
 << " " << b.players[0].name << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x03) << b.pos(0x02) << b.pos(0x01) << b.pos(0x00) << "\n"
 << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x08) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x3e) << " " << b.pos(0x09) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x3d) << " " << b.pos(0x04) << " " << b.pos(0x0a) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x3c) << " " << b.pos(0x05) << " " << b.pos(0x0b) << " " << b.pos(0x13) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x3b) << " " << b.pos(0x06) << " " << b.pos(0x0c) << " " << b.pos(0x12) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x3a) << " " << b.pos(0x07) << " " << b.pos(0x0d) << " " << b.pos(0x11) << "\n"
 << b.players[3].name << " " << b.pos(0x39) << " " << b.pos(0x0e) << " " << b.pos(0x10) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x38) << " " << b.pos(0x34) << b.pos(0x35) << b.pos(0x36) << b.pos(0x37) << " " << b.pos(0x17) << b.pos(0x16) << b.pos(0x15) << b.pos(0x14) << " " << b.pos(0x18) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x30) << " " << b.pos(0x2e) << " " << b.pos(0x19) << " " << b.players[1].name << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x31) << " " << b.pos(0x2d) << " " << b.pos(0x27) << " " << b.pos(0x1a) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x32) << " " << b.pos(0x2c) << " " << b.pos(0x26) << " " << b.pos(0x1b) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x33) << " " << b.pos(0x2b) << " " << b.pos(0x25) << " " << b.pos(0x1c) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x2a) << " " << b.pos(0x24) << " " << b.pos(0x1d) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x29) << " " << b.pos(0x1e) << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x28) << "\n"
 << "\n"
 << " " << b.pos(0x20) << b.pos(0x21) << b.pos(0x22) << b.pos(0x23) << "\n"
 << " " << b.players[2].name << "\n";
}

Each line in the function represents a line in the output to make it slightly easier to see what's going on. This is not the neatest possible method to use, but it's considerably easier to see what's happening than in the original and it's much, much shorter.

Now all that remains is to implement the helper function which returns the string to be printed, given the location. This is one way to do that:

std::string PlayBo::pos(int location) const
{
 std::stringstream ss;
 bool found = false;
 for (const auto &state: players) {
 for (int i = 0; i < SoldierCount; ++i) {
 if (state.soldier[i] == location) {
 ss << state.prefix << i;
 found = true;
 break;
 }
 }
 }
 if (!found) {
 if ((location & 0xf) < 8) {
 ss << " ";
 } else {
 ss << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << location;
 }
 }
 return ss.str();
}

That function does a rather simple-minded linear search for each soldier location and prints either that soldier's designation or the appropriate string if the location is empty. By numbering things cleverly, we can make the code easier to write. In this case, only the empty places along the diamond are printed, while the starting places and the inside-the-diamond locations should be represented with spaces. Note that all we need to do is look at the low four bits to determine aht classification. That is, anything the is in the range of 0 through 7 should be spaces if the location is empty. This keeps the code small and simple.

Make sure to #include all required headers

This program apparently uses std::cout and a number of other things from <iostream> but doesn't show that #include. To make it easier for reviewers to review, it's useful to explicitly put all required headers in the code to be reviewed. For the rewritten version shown above, you'd need these:

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <numeric>
#include <array>

Testing

The code as presented doesn't appear to have been tested and contained some bugs. To avoid that, testing is very useful. Here's some extremely simple test code to exercise the printing function shown above.

int main() {
 PlayBo board;
 std::cout << board << "\n";
}

Here's the output that produces:

 France
 g3g2g1g0
 08
 3e 09
 3d 0a
 3c 0b y3
 3b 0c y2
 3a 0d y1
Spain 39 0e y0
 38 18
 r0 2e 19 Italy 
 r1 2d 1a
 r2 2c 1b
 r3 2b 1c
 2a 1d
 29 1e
 28
 b0b1b2b3
 UK 

I don't know if those positions or soldier designations are what you want, but with the revised code, those are trivial to change.

Use a better random number generator

The code currently includes this line:

int roll = rand()%6 + 1;

Unless RAND_MAX is evenly divisible by 6 (and it's virtually certain not to be), then rather than an equal probability for all numbers 1 through 6, this will skew to the lower numbers. In C++11, we can do much better:

#include <random>
class Die {
public:
 int operator()() { 
 std::uniform_int_distribution<> dist(1,6);
 return dist(eng);
 }
private:
 static std::mt19937 eng;
};
std::mt19937 Die::eng{std::random_device{}()};

Now when you need a die roll, use the object instead of that.

int main()
{
 for (unsigned limit=30000000; limit; --limit) {
 Die{}();
 }
}

This generate 3 million die rolls and on my machine, it takes about 500ms.

• Edward: I only reviewed what you posted and can't help you with parts of the program I haven't seen.

Answer 2

Your first section:

if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g2g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g3g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g1";
 cout << endl;
} 
if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g3g2g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 == french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g3g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g2g1";
 cout << endl;
} 
if (g1 == french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g3g2g1";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl;
} 
if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g3g2";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g2";
 cout << endl;
} 
if (g1 != french && g2 == french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g3g2";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 == french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4g3";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 == french)
{
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl;
}
if (g1 != french && g2 != french && g3 != french && g4 != french)
{
 cout << " ";
 cout << endl;
} 

Can be greatly simplified if you take out the common bits.

std::cout << " "; // This amount of space is always printed.
std::cout << ((g4 == french) ? "g4" : " ");
std::cout << ((g3 == french) ? "g3" : " ");
std::cout << ((g2 == french) ? "g2" : " ");
std::cout << ((g1 == french) ? "g1" : " ");
std::cout << "\n"; // prefer to use '\n' rather than std::endl

I hope that inspires you to simplify the rest of the code.

The next section is a classic example of when to use an array:

if (b1->value == 200)
{
 cout << " b1";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (b2->value == 200)
{
 cout << " b2";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (b3->value == 200)
{
 cout << " b3";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (b4->value == 200)
{
 cout << " b4";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (g1->value == 200)
{
 cout << " g1";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (g2->value == 200)
{
 cout << " g2";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (g3->value == 200)
{
 cout << " g3";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (g4->value == 200)
{
 cout << " g4";
 cout << endl;
}
else if (y1->value == 200)
{
 cout << " y1";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (y2->value == 200)
{
 cout << " y2";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (y3->value == 200)
{
 cout << " y3";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (y4->value == 200)
{
 cout << " y4";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (r1->value == 200)
{
 cout << " r1";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (r2->value == 200)
{
 cout << " r2";
 cout << endl;
}
else if (r3->value == 200)
{
 cout << " r3";
 cout << endl; 
}
else if (r4->value == 200)
{
 cout << " r4";
 cout << endl; 
}
else
{
 cout << " GS";
 cout << endl; 
}

You have 16 soldiers. Four soldiers from each country.

 b1, b2, b3, b4
 g1, g2, g3, g4
 y1, y2, y3, y4
 r1, r2, r3, r4

If you put this in an array. Then use the country number as the first index and the soldier number as the second index. Then you can use a simple loop to check each of the soldiers.

 TypeForSoldier data[4][4]; // instead of b1,b2, ..... r3,r4
 char countryLetter[] = {'b', 'g', 'y', 'r'};
 for(int country = 0; country < 4; ++country) {
 for(int soldier = 0; soldier < 4; ++soldier) {
 if (data[country][soldier]->value == 200) {
 std::cout << " "
 << countryLetter[country]
 << soldier
 << "\n";
 break;
 }
 }
 }

Answer 3

1. First, read "Why is "using namespace std" considered bad practice?".

2. Next, only flush your stream manually when you have to. Not only is it more verbose, but it also kills performance. So, no throwing around std::endl.

3. Consider changing your data-structure:
   Make it a single array of length N = #board_fields + #home_fields = 4 * 6 + 4 * 4
   Each field stores whether it's empty (0 for empty home-fields, 1-24 for board-fields) or which of the 4 * 4 (25-40) pieces are there.

   Next, have an array mapping from that id to a human-readable abbreviation.

   And as a final part, use sprintf or some other printing function to create your whole map in one go.

const static char names[][4] = {
 " ",
 "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12",
 "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24",
 "g1", "g2", "g3", "g4", "y1", "y2", "y3", "y4",
 "r1", "r2", "r3", "r4", "b1", "b2", "b3", "b4"
};
char field[4*6+4*4];
void init_board() {
 std::itoa(std::begin(field), std::end(field), 1);
}
void print_board() {
 const char format[] =
 " France\n"
 " %s%s%s%s\n"
 ...;
 char out[sizeof(format)];
 #define X(n) names[field[n]]
 sprintf(out, format, X(24), X(25), X(26), X(27), ...);
 #undef X
 std::cout << out;
}