Short Supply

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SHORT SUPPLY

One enemy or friendly unit (card holder’s choice) is out of supply and is moved back to a baseline hex that may be entered (owning player’s choice) in the same section of the battlefield. If there are no enterable baseline hexes, place the unit on a vacant hex one-row forward of the baseline row. If the unit has an attached Leader, the Leader is also moved back with the unit. If the short supplied unit is your unit, it may not battle this turn. An infantry unit in square may not be short supplied. (1 card)

 

FAQs

Can "Short Supply" card be played during opponent's turn, like "Out of Ammo" Combat card in M44, or it just may be used in player's turn?

Short Supply is a standard command card, NOT a reaction card like First Strike. Therefore, you can it only play in the current players turn.
That happens to all command cards in all CC games. If there are no other statement ON the card, they can be played only in the current players turn!

Can a Short Supply be used on a lone LDR?

No. Card specifies moving one units, and by definition, leaders are not units.

Can a unit be 'tele-ported' back to the baseline with Out of Supply card?

The unit (except a unit in square) may be indeed teleported, also across a unpassable river for example!

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Posts in discussion: Short Supply
Bayernkini replied the topic:
#1111
10 years 11 months ago
Martin, sure, but we speaking about River Coa and Medellin

Look onto scenario picture: If the french short supply a allies unit on there right,
they have only 1 open ground on board edge, and this one cut off then the unit, because its behind the impassable river ;)

Also on Medellin, if the Allies player short supply a french on the french left. All board edge hexes there are all behind the impassable river, and cut off also the unit then ;)

Remember, the short supply must be first row on board edge, except, all hexes on this row are impassable or occupied by other units.

But in the 2 cases above, there are legal open ground hexes on first board edge row, which can entered. Indifferent, if they are behind the impassable rivers then and the units are cut off then.
Therefore the player must choose one of this hexes ;)
Achtung-Panzer replied the topic:
#1110
10 years 11 months ago
The key words are "If this is the only hex available" so this is not a tactic of first choice for your opponent.
Bayernkini replied the topic:
#1109
10 years 11 months ago
And here the answer from Richard:

Q: Can i short supply a unit onto a board hex, which cut off the player then from further battle?


(RB) Yes
If this is the only hex available, a unit could be cut off as you put it.
Bayernkini replied the topic:
#1108
10 years 11 months ago
Interested question, the pure rules dont prevent this "teleport".
But i forwarded the question to Richard Borg,
after his answer, we will update the FAQ then ;)
RovinJosh replied the topic:
#1107
10 years 11 months ago
Had a debate about the word "entered" last night - was playing Coa and the french tried to Short Supply my LI into the single corner square behind the river claiming it could be "Entered" from the edge - as you can imagine i wasn't happy with this definition, but would welcome neutral clarification.

Thanks
alecrespi replied the topic:
#383
13 years 4 weeks ago
Here you can find an answer directly from GMT GAMES (Mr Tony Curtis)

No. Card specifies moving one units, and by definition, leaders are not units.

Added FAQ in the relative "Card" Page.
Freeloading-Phill replied the topic:
#379
13 years 4 weeks ago
I agree. This is one of the cases when leaders not being units makes the rules clearer.

Short Supply says Unit.

P6 of the rules states A Leader is not a Unit.

A straightforward no to Leaders being Short Supplied.
Oleg replied the topic:
#377
13 years 4 weeks ago
I'd say no.
Card intends frendly or enemy units only.
Bayernkini replied the topic:
#375
13 years 4 weeks ago
Can a Short Supply used on a lone LDR?
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