In my Sicily game I have a Regiment that should have arrived by boat the first morning but didn't. But now in the scheduled reinforcement dialogue the units are marked with a star and an arrival date in the past. Will they ever get released or are the permanently MIA. Did I do something wrong?
Most reinforcements have only a percentage chance (set by designer) of arriving on the turn they are scheduled, if they don't arrive on the turn they are supposed to the game checks them each subsequent turn until they are released, so there is an element of luck in when a reinforcement arrives, the * is an indication that the unit has missed its scheduled arrival.
It should also be noted that some reinforcements are set at 100% and so will always arrive on time.