Adding some chrome to my simple late nineteenth century battleship vs. battleship naval wargame rules

Even before I playtest my recently drafted rules, I decided that the gunfire results needed a bit of tweaking.

Currently that section of the rules read as follows:

• Results:
• Dice score = 6: Major ‘hit’: target ship loses 2 FP.
• Dice score = 4 or 5: Minor ‘hit’: target ship loses 1 FP.
• Dice score = 1, 2, or 3: Gunfire has been ineffective.

I have changed this to the following:

• Results:
• Dice score = 6: Major ‘hit’: target ship loses 1 FP plus throw another D6 die.
• Dice score = 6: target ship’s bridge is hit and the target ship must maintain its current course and may not fire for three turns.
• Dice score = 5: one of the target ship’s main turrets is hit and destroyed.
• Dice score = 4: the target ship’s engines are damaged and her movement is reduced to 1 grid area per turn.
• Dice score = 3: that part of the target ship’s secondary armament that is closest to the firing ship is hit and destroyed.
• Dice score = 2: the target ship catches fire. At the start of each subsequent turn, the target ship throws a D6 die. If the score is 5 or 6, the fire is extinguished; if the score is 2, 3, or 4, the fire continues to burn; if the score is 6, the fire has reached the ship’s magazine and the ship explodes.
• Dice score = 1: target ship loses another FP.
• Dice score = 4 or 5: : Minor ‘hit’: target ship loses 1 FP.
• Dice score = 1, 2, or 3 = Gunfire has been ineffective.

I think that this is a distinct improvement and will result in a much better battle.