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Question about supply
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:31 pm
by jesperpehrson
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)
RE: Question about supply
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:38 pm
by paulderynck
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.
RE: Question about supply
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:09 am
by palne
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.
RE: Question about supply
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:17 am
by 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.
RE: Question about supply
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:36 am
by palne
I was conflating supply path with being in supply.
RE: Question about supply
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:17 am
by jesperpehrson
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!