Quickfire Optional Rules

GENERAL RULES

101 - Extra Gunnery Phases

In some games - especially those with numerous slow-firing vessels - players may want to add one or more gunnery phases to each turn. This increases the overall rate of firing for the battle. This can even be done mid-game, after some of the faster firing vessels (in cases of mixed squadrons) have slowed down a bit due to battle damage.

MOVEMENT

201 - Higher Move Rates

Players may accomodate larger playing areas by increasing ship's speeds by 50-100%. The existing rules were written to accomodate small table areas and also to increase effects of gunnery per unit of movement.

GUNNERY & TORPEDOES

301 - The 6-6 Exception

Any vessel which began the game with ROF ratings of 6 - 6 will suffer a light G hit in addition to every heavy G hit. This is due to unusually homogenous medium level armament such as 6" and 8" guns.

302 - Opening Salvos

The first time a vessel fires during the game, it receives a +1 on its ROF die roll.

303 - Torpedo Reloads

A vessel may "reload" one point of torpedo rating on a die roll result of 2 using two dice (2D6). A ships may not reload to a point value higher than they began the game with. Optional reload rolls are conducted during the Attempt Repairs step.

DAMAGE

501 - Heavy G Hits Amidships

The general game mechanics pre-suppose that heavy fire will primarily effect related systems on board target vessels. With this rule, heavy G hits impact both heavy and light ROF ratings simultaneously. There are actually two possible levels of application for this rule, with Option A being rather modest and Option B being more extreme:

Option A) On all heavy G hit die results of 2 (snake eyes), reduce one point each from both the heavy and light ROF ratings for the target vessel.
Option B) On all heavy G hits, reduce one point each from both the heavy and light ROF ratings for the target vessel.