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condition known as the “Fog of War”. Essentially, the position of enemy
forces is withheld unless players are able to “detect” their presence. Keep
in mind, however, that a player’s ability to detect an enemy is somewhat
offset by the enemy’s ability to hide.
These rules simulate the uncertainty of war conditions.
9. Supply
One of the most daunting challenges faced by any military leader is
keeping an army supplied with all the goods and services it needs to
maintain itself in the field.
● Supply is checked at the beginning of each turn, before movement, for
all units on the front that is played. Supply is checked also at the end
of the Military Phase.
● Supply is checked principally through HQs and the railways. Each unit
must be a maximum of 2 regions from a supply source or relay (itself
which must be 2 regions from another), knowing that a railway allows
any number of regions to be linked along the track towards a source.
● Supply influences the placement of reinforcements, unit strength and
combat.
9.1 Definitions of a Supply Source
When referring to a relay, an R is used. For a country, supply sources and
their relays are:
● The capital of a Major, friendly power.
● A friendly city or town linked by rail, major river or sea to another
friendly city.
● Friendly railways connected to a friendly source (See C below). (R)
● A major port linked to friendly ports through open seas. Minor ports
supply 1 army only (see below)
● Major rivers linking friendly cities or ports, unless one of the shores is
under enemy control. (R)
● A country’s HQ (and certain friendly HQs if they may cooperate) if
they find themselves in a 2-region range from a valid supply source or
relay. However, this HQ may only act as a relay for 1 HQ (no further
HQs may be added to this link). (R)
● The same for GHQ. (R)
● A fortress is always in supply along with its garrison corps. It may
supply one corps outside of its own garrison (and only in its own
region).
● A city (not a town) is a supply source for 1 corps in its region only,
even if it is isolated.
9.1.1 Definitions
● An isolated city is a city that cannot establish communication with
another of its allies’ cities through a “road” of regions which is blocked,
either by enemy units, by enemy ZOC, or by forbidden regions.
Looking at Enemy Stacks
Looking at the contents of an enemy stack or enemy military counters is not
permitted, except by successful aerial reconnaissance or by playing an event.
Other than these 2 cases, the contents of a stack will only be discovered
progressively in battle.
● Supply may pass through a friendly strait.
● A minor port linked to friendly ports through open seas may only
supply one Army, and this one cannot be the Main Army of the front.
(If it was, it ceases to be.) To supply more, it is necessary that the
Armies in question be within reach of 2 minor ports at the same time.
Example: In Northern France, the British Armies are supplied either by the
2 minor ports of Calais and Dunkerque, or by the railroad leading to Paris.
If one port is taken and the railroad cut off (ex. Arras), there is no more
normal supply. Only one British Army may be supplied by the remaining
minor port.
9.1.2 Supply Distance
Supply distance is 2 regions from a Source or a Relay, no matter what the
weather or terrain of these regions might be (provided that they are
passable by supplied units).
To trace supply, it is necessary to begin from the unit to be supplied
without counting the region it is in. Only the intermediate and supply
(source or relay) regions are counted.
The presence of an enemy unit or unbesieged enemy fortress blocks its
region for supply.
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