Supply lines

[SurvivalistMerc]

Thank you, Saber Cherry. I'm going to hold out a week or so for a phone number then maybe buy it Online. It's too good to forego.

[Taqwus]

A note on the castles:

Pay attention to the Admin rating; that affects how much it supplies nearby provinces. The more obvious Supply rating governs how much supplies it stockpiles in case the castle itself is sieged.

There are also magical sites which affect supply; mostly, if not entirely, nature. Nature's a great "support" path if you have living troops because of the supply items, regeneration, elemental resistances et al that it offers.

Starvation can take place pretty rapidly. If you just cut off an enemy force from its main supply source and you attack the very next turn, the enemy may already be facing starvation (-4 morale penalty). And keep in mind that mere ownership of a province cuts off supply lines; if a few Call of the Winds sufficed took the province, the line's cut even if the CotW force could be destroyed trivially the next turn.

Survivalist,

You may want to look here:

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/service.htm

I wasn't able to find a phone number but you may be able to weasel one out of Annette if you ask them about other processes of payment. I know they do accept money order and check as well as Online orders.

[PDF]

To get more supply the easiest options are :
- Take Nature magic and Growth scales, it gives additional supplies
- Choose a good Castle/Fortress, that has a high Supply value (Fort.Cities are best, but very expensive..)
- Build supply-creating items - most are Nature-based - and give them to your commanders
- Use rather a few good troops that many crap ones, they eat less (playing Ulm for example I rarely have supply problems, but much more with Machaka ..)

[Taqwus]

Another option: a few units produce rather than consume supply. There aren't many, 'tho; the Vanheim Fay Boar comes to mind, and those, if memory serves, are Vanheim-only in addition to being costly.

[ywl]

Don't forget items. Quite a number of magic items provide additional supply for your army. In additional to Fay Boar, some of the new pretenders also feed your troops.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Thanks again to everyone for the help.

I've sent a request to the support center. But no one has responded yet. Maybe they don't get too many requests of this nature. Who knows?

This game isn't going to ever be in stores? Really?