War Supplies

[Kensai]

I honestly believe that the supplies (logistics) system in AGEOD games is the most fascinating part of the simulation. Albeit a veteran of the game, I always find it amazing how even the most well planned campaigns can have a hard time achieving sufficiency in a foreign land, especially if the invasion is overseas and supplies need to come from the sea.

In all my PON games I have tweaked the supplies consumption to 2x to make it even more harder and unforgiving and I can confirm there are no major issues. I have some improvements to propose to make the whole logistics-marching story even more challenging and the expansion slower, especially in its earlier stages where the world is mostly made of dirt tracks and narrow unpaved roads. I am not sure if consumption is higher in underdeveloped areas of the map, but the development of a region should be slower to make early audacious campaigns harder.

[fred zeppelin]

The supply system is, indeed, one of the best parts of the game. In my US campaign, I recruited a nice cavalry division to hunt down some Indians and assigned an Indian-fighter general. Problem is he didn't also have the colonial trait. So without a depot or supply train nearby (which sorta defeats the purpose of cavalry), my guys were out of supply after just a couple of turns out in the wilderness. I had to send them home with their tails between their legs. Pretty realistic, when you think about it.

[Kensai]

Especially the United States and Russia are simulated quite nicely in Pride of Nations. Their huge wilderness territories are difficult to pacify and control, at least until one build the respective transcontinental railways with depots and outposts. Africa, obviously, is the most extreme situation! As it should be...