QUICKFIRE
PRE-DREADNOUGHT ERA FAST-PLAY RULES

These rules are suitable for use with all standard pre-dreadnought naval miniatures. All text and combat charts needed for game play are included below, the rules are completely free and no purchases are required. Last Updated: August 22, 2025. Latest Update Notes: This latest update includes several important changes, a few of which I will list here. For many ship types, combining of Heavy and Light gunnery against light armor is now possible (with limitations). Ship stats themselves have been adjusted accordingly to reflect this, which includes the addition of a Boat Gun category. This speeds game play by separating out the extremely light weapons from the medium ship armaments. Blast damage and its effects has been streamlined, including the merging of Blasts and Explosions into a single category. Torpedo fire has been fine tuned to account for the effect of hits on different sized vessels. Ships now risk sinking due to Unrepairable speed hits instead of repairable speed hits. Several new features have been added, including new optional rules, a Combat Chart Guide and optional rules checklist. Rules: Version 1.1 BETA – Includes all rules and outlines needed for game play. Full Text Charts & Arcs – Download and print the combat chart pages and arcs-of-fire on any standard printer. Only the front side of the combat chart is absolutely necessary for play, although the many reference tables on the back side can be very useful and are recommended. The arc-of-fire templates may help players with setting gunnery arcs. Combat Chart: Side 1 (all scales). Combat Chart Side 2: Tiny scale, Small scale, Medium scale, Large scale. Combat Chart Guide - A step-by-step overview of the combat chart and its uses. Arc of Fire Template Ship Logs – These ship logs are used to track damage, fires and available speed. 6 Vessel Ship Log - A blank log that can be printed out and manually filled out later. 6 Vessel Ship Log (PDF Form) - Same log as above, in PDF form so it can be filled-out on the computer and saved with the ship data in it. 10 Boat Flotilla Log - A blank log for destroyers and torpedo boats (simplified format). Master Speed List (Excel file) - Shows all default game speeds used on the ship logs and can be used to auto-generate custom speeds for players who want to use their own scales. See the Ship Value Key for a simple cross reference table of basic speed settings. Ships Values – These links are to pages of ship statistics and ratings by nationality, for use filling out Ship Logs for game play. See the ship value key for definitions of the entries shown in the lists. Japanese Russian Spanish American British French German Austrian Italian Turkish (coming next) Greek (coming next) Chinese (coming next) Ship Stat Key game support Optional Rules – A few extra rules which can add interesting historical and technical details to a game. Optional Rules Checklist – A PDF sheet for keeping track of which advanced rules are being used in the game. Recommended Optional Rules Checklist – Same checklist as above, with a couple of the most recommended rules to use already checked-in.