German para replacements
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:55 pm
It was mentioned that German para replacements at least once seemed to regenerate.
There are a couple of things that might have led to this situation. One, if the Allies take Rome or a hex north of Rome real early, say prior to March 1944, the German side gets a one-time release of increased replacements, including airborne.
Two, when a German para unit loses strength, a fraction of that lost strength appears in the German pool and could be added to the unit in the following turn. The reasoning there being that post-combat stragglers from high quality units like airborne could be reformed more quickly and get back in the battle. The same rule applies to other units but the fractions are smaller.
I assume one or both of the above happened and it seemed like para replacements were being automatically generated as needed.
There are a couple of things that might have led to this situation. One, if the Allies take Rome or a hex north of Rome real early, say prior to March 1944, the German side gets a one-time release of increased replacements, including airborne.
Two, when a German para unit loses strength, a fraction of that lost strength appears in the German pool and could be added to the unit in the following turn. The reasoning there being that post-combat stragglers from high quality units like airborne could be reformed more quickly and get back in the battle. The same rule applies to other units but the fractions are smaller.
I assume one or both of the above happened and it seemed like para replacements were being automatically generated as needed.