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I track step losses, initiative, and such with pencil and paper.

And its certainly not as burdensome as it may sound. Before converting to primarily vassal which has its own tickers for tracking it, all I really did was set up a few tally columns on scratch paper and it was sufficient for the vast majority of scenarios. 

Since OP has been playing Battle of the Bulge

T - A - G 3(5)
------------2 (3)

With T = Completed Turns tallied beneath, A(merican) step losses tallied beneath, G(erman) step losses tallied beneath, and Initiative(steps to reduce initiative) to the side.

Unless you have onerous scenario special rules, thats really all you need to track for gameplay/victory purposes within 1 square inch of paper.