Confused about supply impact on reinforcements

[WimpyTheWarrior]

On page 105 of the manual, in the first paragraph of the section 'REINFORCING UNITS', it states that "...and its current supply value allows for an increase in strength [i.e., unit supply is > 5)."

I don't understand the impact of supply on reinforcement, based on the following observations in my game:

In Image 1a and 1b, the Malta Corps has a Unit Supply of 1 and is able to add 2 strength points, which seems against the printed rule as its Supply is not > 5. The Supply value of Malta and Valletta is 0 at the end of June 28 and both increase to 1 during the Allied phase.

However in Image 2 the German 7th Mt Corps has a Unit Supply of 5 but cannot add reinforcements, despite the Germans holding 682 MPPs.

The situation in Image 2 seems aligned with the printed rules, but I am unsure how the Malta Corps is able to reinforce, as there appears to be another factor that I have not found in the rules.

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Any and all assistance on this topic are greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Fixed some poor grammar.

[BillRunacre]

Hi

I've looked at that section in the Manual, and what it is saying is that if a unit's supply is greater than 5, then it can reinforce up to 10, MPPs permitting.

How it works (and we included a table showing this in our more recent games) is as follows:

Supply:
1 - can reinforce up to strength 4
2 - can reinforce up to strength 5
3 - can reinforce up to strength 6
4 - can reinforce up to strength 7
5 - can reinforce up to strength 8
6-10 - can reinforce up to strength 10

Elite reinforcements, i.e. reinforcing beyond strength 10, also requires having a supply value of at least 6, and can be done by 1 strength point per turn.

Note that if a unit is fully surrounded on all land sides, then its maximum reinforcement is 5, even if its supply might suggest it should be able to reinforce more.

I hope that helps?

[WimpyTheWarrior]

Thanks for the reply, which makes sense. I've added the table you provided to a jpeg file that I maintain of charts and tables from the game, mainly pages 174 - 178 of the manual.

I will add that I think the game's supply system is well designed and well executed and one of the better supply systems I've seen, albeit coming from a history of playing WW2 board games.

cheers and thanks!

[BillRunacre]

Thanks, and that's a good idea, though hopefully a lot of things will become intuitive over time.

[angeluvr]

What is the cost of elite reinforcement? I have an army, supply 9, strength 10, it has ranked up to first level of experience. Sitting on Berlin, hasn't moved this turn. I have 195 MPP. Elite reinforcement button greyed out. Maybe it just costs more? This is my first game. thanks. Although, I really hope 1 level of elite reinforcement doesn't cost over 195 MP

[BillRunacre]

It isn't likely to cost that much. Have you done anything at all with it this turn? If so that would prevent it from receiving the elite reinforcement.

Or, in some campaigns elite reinforcements may not be allowed by the campaign designer.