Good catch. I didn't notice the Cav. From what I know about how the feeding of armies works, indeed, the cav army will be out of food.
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From: "Randy Brady" <bradyr@hotmail.com>
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To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Question - Feeding armies at PCs
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:10:52 -0600By what you have said, doesn't the first army run out of food since they are
cav and need 200 for the turn but only get 190 from the pop and their
stores?Randy Brady
>From: "corsairs game 101" <corsairs101@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
>To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Question - Feeding armies at PCs
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:54:18 -0700
>
> >I have 3 armies sitting at a town and want to know how food will
> >distributed during the consumption phase.
> >
> >Army 1 - 100 HC w/ 140 food
> >Army 2 - 1,700 HI w/ 1260 food
> >Army 3 - 100 HI w/ 62 food
>
>The pop will feed 1000, and that will be distributed by size.
>
>Army 1 and 3 have about 5% of the total troops each(100/1900), and will be
>fed about 5% of the 1000. That is 50ish FO for each of those two armies.
>meaning they eat 50ish from from wagon train. This leaves them with about
>90 and 12 each.
>
>Army 2 has 90% of the troops that are present(1700/1900). They will
>receive
>90% of the 1000 that the pop supplies, or 900. The other 800 eat out of the
>train, leaving them with 460ish FO.
>
>So, yes, all 3 armies should be fed by the time movement comes around.
>
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