re: scenario design

[Jason Petho]

Actually a company or unit will trace supply from the parent HQ above it no matter if it is battalion, regiment, division, etc.......it's also true that the more HQs above a unit the more supply checks will be made.

The bolded isn't quite correct.

Here is the first few paragraph's from the Modern Wars: Volume I manual.

3.3.2 Supply System

At the start of each turn, a Supply Check is made for every unit that fired in the previous turn. The result is that each unit that fired will be able to maintain supply or become low on ammo.

The Supply Check will first attempt to check supply through the units’ parent Headquarters. If the units’ parent Headquarters is not on the map, it will use the next Headquarters up the chain of command. The range is measured from the unit to the Headquarters to determine a base probability and conducts a percentile die roll to see if supply is maintained. The unit retains supply if the die roll is less than or equal to the base probability.

If this Supply Check fails, a second attempt is made but using the Base Ammo Level. The Base Ammo Level is displayed in the Unit List Display. A percentile die roll equal to or less than the Base Ammo Level means the unit retains supply.

Only the initial Headquarters Supply Check will be performed, the Supply Checks do not continue up through the chain of command if the initial check fails before performing a Supply Check against the Base Ammo Level. The Supply Check against the Base Ammo level is performed as a percentile die roll (0-99).

A unit that is Isolated (surrounded) will not perform Supply Checks.

Indirect Fire units perform Supply Checks only against the Base Ammo level. When an Indirect Fire fails its Supply Check, it will be unable to fire until it recovers supply.

Jason Petho