Spending supply to defend

[Stucifer]

Does the defender decide to spend supply in any or all attacked territories at once or is it per territory in the order the attacker chooses?

Example here, the UK could raid Benghazi to destroy supply while attacking Mersa Brega and Tobruk.

If Axis can spend all supply up front they can defend both territories, if not the Attacker could choose to resolve Benghazi first and has a good chance of there not being any supply remaining for Germany to defend in Mersa Brega.

[cmmiles]

@Stucifer my reading of the book is the Axis are screwed. As the attacker, the UK can resolve combat in Benghazi first and destroy those supplies.

“Combat in each space takes place at the
same time, but each affected territory or sea zone is resolved separately and completely before resolving combat in the next contested space. As the attacker, you decide the order in which each combat occurs.”

That’s an expert level play too!

[Stucifer]

@cmmiles that’s how we played it out, I could see an argument for the other case so I’ll try to ping @Matt-Hyra

[Matt Hyra]

@Stucifer The attacker chooses the order of attacks. The defender pays for their defense only when that particular attack is commencing. Not all at once like the attackers do.

Indeed, a good UK plan. A good Axis plan would be to have a couple of reserve supply in El Agheila.

~Matt

[Stucifer]

@Matt-Hyra
I thank you! I have to say the combined scout cars/bomber attacks can be quite brutal with the supply constraints.

We all enjoyed your game very much on our epic axis & allies weekend. We probably played it 6 times 🤓

[mikawagunichi]

Another rule clarification please:

If an attacker attacks a territory with ONLY scout cars and/or planes, is the defender still required to retreat if they do not spend supply (or have no supply available) to defend?

[Witt]

@mikawagunichi hi.
No supply is ever needed for Scout Cars or Air units .

[mikawagunichi]

@Witt I understand that is the case when attacking, but to be clear I am asking when defending against only these types of units.

For example, if I have a stack of 10 inf and no supply in a territory or any adjacent territory, can my opponent attack me with a single scout car and force my entire stack to retreat?

Thank you for your quick response.

[Matt Hyra]

@mikawagunichi said in Spending supply to defend:

Another rule clarification please:

If an attacker attacks a territory with ONLY scout cars and/or planes, is the defender still required to retreat if they do not spend supply (or have no supply available) to defend?

Yes, they must still retreat. The good news is that they don’t lose control of the territory, if it’s controllable.

~Matt

[Matt Hyra]

@Stucifer said in Spending supply to defend:

@Matt-Hyra
I thank you! I have to say the combined scout cars/bomber attacks can be quite brutal with the supply constraints.

We all enjoyed your game very much on our epic axis & allies weekend. We probably played it 6 times 🤓

6 games in one weekend? That’s a record at this point. Which scenarios and who won them?

~M

[mikawagunichi]

@Matt-Hyra @Stucifer Is flying back from my house as we speak. We played Operation Torch several times, though we messed up some rules so I wouldn’t put too much credence into the results until the final game when we played correctly (to our knowledge).

In that game it came down to a US attack on Tunis on the very last round, which the US won. Great finish.

[Daaras]

@mikawagunichi @Matt-Hyra @Stucifer We played like 3 to 4 incomplete games with the wrong rules lol.

Then i think 2 games of Operation Torch with the correct ones. Allies won both, but it seemed like the Axis wouldve/couldve won the second game if managed better. The above referenced encirclement certainly didn’t help.

I think North Africa is my favorite edition, it’s so good.

[Matt Hyra]

@Daaras Practice games are a great way to get the next one right!

~Matt

[Daaras]

@Matt-Hyra Yeah, we had a lot of rules learning to do, but we seem to know them now. I can’t wait for the next AAA weekend!

[cmmiles]

@Matt-Hyra yep I’ve done two already. Learned a lot of the rules before inviting a buddy over for the inaugural match. I love the new tactical layer that North Africa adds!