Does a single flanking Scout Car require supply token to attack?

I haven’t played this out yet, but I’m curious about what follows.

Assuming the UK does the bomber placement and the attack succeeds with likely significant losses, it seems their situation is still not ideal… they received no new land units UK1, and they won’t have many arriving UK2 or or UK3. The most they could do for immediate support is reinforce Malta with fighters.

Germany/Italy on the other hand both receive a decent amount of RP turn 1 to place ground units, and probably won’t have any convoy interdiction R1 and possibly R2. The ground balance should swing possibly even heavier into the Axis favor over R2 and R3. Though maybe the UK gets a longer respite to build up in Tobruk? Holding Tobruk longer does result in a better RP balance in favor of the UK later if they can hold on to that plus Malta.

Is the main concern here that this counterattack disrupts the Axis timetable that is necessary to put Cairo under risk so that the Axis can at least attempt for a total victory? Or is it about the UK maintaining a more healthy RP balance over the Axis?

Basic R.R.(not using any units from other games)
Italy versus U.S.
Italy versus British Empire

Germany versus US
Germany versus British Empire

Both Axis versus just BE/USA
Both Allies versus GE./Italy

Now…

@The_Good_Captain

No, the British player cannot buy supply with pre-game variable RPs.
On page 9, the plastic game pieces are referred to as combat units and trucks. As supply is not a plastic piece, they are not combat units.

Under LAND UNITS on page 30: “Infantry, mechanized infantry, artillery, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft artillery, scout cars, and tanks are combat units, but trucks are not combat units.” Supply is not listed here as a combat unit.

Looks like we should have defined combat units more carefully, but the phrase “combat unit” appears dozens of times in the rulebook and it is clear in those uses that supply is not considered a combat unit.

Thanks,
Matt

@Hansolo88 said in Deployment to Cyprus:

@Running-Away

Oh gosh I never noticed Sardinia being misspelled on the map! Just a proofing error I guess. Lucky that it’s a very unimportant territory for the game.

Sardinia fix. :) Print at 400 DPI.

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@DoManMacgee

Thanks! Think i got i covered then :)

If an Italian bomber attacks the Malta Convoy zone in where you have 3 Supply Tokens and 1 UK Fighter, his attack value is technically 6 with the Fighter having a defense value of 5. This is of course quite absurd that a slow bomber would be able to attack a Spitfire and have a stronger attack value. Has there been a complimentary rule on this in order to reduce the bomber attack value to well below the Fighters value to reflect the very slim chance of success
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Flanking attacks occur when you area attacking FROM more than 1 territory. The territory with the greatest number of units is the main attack. All other attacks are flanking attacks. For the flanking attacks only any 8, 9 or 10 is rerolled until it rolls something besides an 8, 9 or 10.

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