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Question about supply - 3/27/2020 9:31:02 PM

jesperpehrson

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Help us understand this situation.
A German unit in Kerch is shown as out of supply when there is a Romanian convoy in the Black Sea. How come?
(the 6-3 SS Inf is also out of supply for reference)

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RE: Question about supply - 3/27/2020 9:38:11 PM

paulderynck

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Looks like they are in rain. They have a supply range of 2. One to go overseas. Must be to a port. One more to get to a secondary supply source (cooperating HQ or aligned country capital). If an HQ on a coastal hex, that won't do the trick unless it is within one of a port. (HQs on a coastal hex can trace outbound directly, but need a port to be traced to inbound.)

So most likely you have no supply source in range.

< Message edited by paulderynck -- 3/27/2020 9:39:13 PM >

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RE: Question about supply - 3/28/2020 4:09:15 AM

palne

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We alway play that Kerch is not adjacent to the Black Sea, but rather the Sea of Azov. And, there is a straight between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. For supply to pass through a straight both sides of the straight must be friendly controlled. This may also be your problem (in addition to potentially other problems) with supply.

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RE: Question about supply - 3/28/2020 5:17:55 AM

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Paul's answer is correct. In clear weather Bucharest is in range. In rain it isn't.

It doesn't matter where Kerch is; its hex is a coastal hex that borders on the Black Sea, so supply can be traced directly to a unit on the hex.

If one of those units were an HQ, it would be in supply, because then it could use rail lines back to a primary source after the supply crosses the Black Sea. These are ordinary units, not HQs, and ordinary units can't use rail lines for supply.

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RE: Question about supply - 3/28/2020 5:36:47 AM

palne

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I was conflating supply path with being in supply.

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RE: Question about supply - 3/28/2020 2:17:21 PM

jesperpehrson

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Paul's answer is correct. In clear weather Bucharest is in range. In rain it isn't.

It doesn't matter where Kerch is; its hex is a coastal hex that borders on the Black Sea, so supply can be traced directly to a unit on the hex.

If one of those units were an HQ, it would be in supply, because then it could use rail lines back to a primary source after the supply crosses the Black Sea. These are ordinary units, not HQs, and ordinary units can't use rail lines for supply.

Excellent. Thanks for the clarification!

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