Support Hold Question

[CrazyCreeperDJ]

Can you support hold a unit that attack/moves but fails?

[peterlund]

No. You can only support hold a unit that holds, convoys or supports...

[CrazyCreeperDJ]

Thank You!

[ziran]

what you can do is order a supported move from two or more adjacent provinces to the province that you want to move from. this is because you can not dislodge you're own units.

lets say you want to move WES-Spa, but you think France might move MAO-WES supported by Spa. you can order Naf-WES supported by TYR. Naf bounces MAO, and Wes stays put.

[JECE]

CrazyCreeperDJ: Thanks for the question! peterlund is correct. When I first read the rules years ago, I also thought that you could support a unit from being dislodged as long as any move this unit made failed. I used that interpretation in the first few one-on-one games that I played with my father.

ziran provides an alternative strategy that serves the same function, but of course it requires two units behind your lines rather than just one unit.

[SirThursday]

No; the key is in the name; Support "Hold". Essentially, any order which is not "move" can be written as "Hold and ___". For instance, a unit using the "Convoy" order can be Support-held because "Convoy" is essentially "Hold and convoy". But no unit can "Stay Put and Move", so if you try to move, there is no "hold" order to be supported

[JECE]

No; the key is in the name; Support "Hold". Essentially, any order which is not "move" can be written as "Hold and ___". For instance, a unit using the "Convoy" order can be Support-held because "Convoy" is essentially "Hold and convoy". But no unit can "Stay Put and Move", so if you try to move, there is no "hold" order to be supported

That helps if you're playing on webDip, where there's a clear drop-down menu choice between support hold and support move, but the rulebook doesn't make a clear distinction between 'support hold' and 'support move'.