ago1000 -> RE: Clarification of Oil Upkeep (2/17/2022 10:13:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: canuckgamer We have been unable to figure out why the Yanks are being charged 7 for upkeep at the beginning of the 1941 small fleet campaign game. We count 8 units that are not in hexes with a supply value of 9 or are in ports smaller than a 5. We are assuming that although every port regardless of it's size has a supply value of 9 that those in smaller ports are being counted as requiring oil upkeep. This contradicts the above rule I quoted, otherwise it would only be the HQ in hex 197,80 would require oil upkeep. A breakdown of the 8 units. HQ in hex 197,80 2 units in the Philippines 1 unit in Midway 1 unit in Dutch Harbor 1 unit in Canton 1 unit in Pago Pago 1 unit in Noumea I have an upkeep of 8 in the scenario if I play hotseat and just move the turn forward. However, I believe the rule you quoted is not very clearly written as I remember fleets in port use up 1/3 oil per turn. So my calculations are different; 4 fleets Manila 14 fleets Pearl 2 fleets San Diego 2 Fleets San Fran 2 Fleets Seattle 1 HQ off rail 25 units /3 = 8 1/3 --> game rounds down to 8 oil per turn upkeep. All ports are level 9 supply so any land or air unit on a port hex should not use 1/3 oil upkeep. I believe the manual is unclear as fleets in port use up 1/3 oil independent of size or supply. (ie. I believe it was to indicate that ships did use oil even when docked for readiness) Note: If I remove all US land and air units in ports or on rail using the editor for this scenario, I still get 8 oil as upkeep leaving the fleets in port and the HQ off rail. So land (HQ exception) and air units at the beginning of the scenario are not impacting upkeep. So your statement regarding the HQ is correct, if you take the manual as written as I understand it, then the upkeep should be 0 since 1/3 would be rounded down and the HQ unit would be the only unit requiring oil maintenance. To add to the confusion, there are other statements in the manual that imply that naval units only use oil while at sea. Here is a thread where we looked at this with earlier versions: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=5025554&mpage=1&key=oil%2Cupkeep�
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