Newbie Question

[Liebchen]

I know generalizations are dangerous, but would it be safe to say that units closer to a primary or secondary road will be better supplied than those trekking through marshes with the VST rule on?

Absolutely. Generally speaking, of course. :-)

This is what the manual has to say:

The Virtual Supply Truck Optional Rule ... computes a path of minimum movement cost for a motorized unit in Travel Mode between the Supply Sources and the location of friendly forces on the map. This movement cost is then used to compute the drop in supply value between the Supply Source and the friendly force. In particular, given a movement cost of MC, the drop in supply value is 0.02 * MC.

For example, along a primary road where the Motorized movement cost is 3 per hex, the drop in supply value along this road would be computed as 0.06 (= 0.02 * 3) per hex resulting in a drop in value of 1 for approximately every 16 hexes.

For hexes such as Marsh and Swamp where Motorized movement is prohibited, a default movement cost of 50 is used. While enemy units and their unnegated Zones of Control do affect the Virtual Supply Truck minimum path, the presence of friendly forces and their stacking does not affect the movement cost calculation.