Hi!

A simple question just to ensure my understanding of damage - a critical hit counts as 1 damage point plus the card effect not just the critical effect?

Thanks

Yes, a crit damage = 1 damage (card) + effect

Note that there is a critical hit that says it counts as 2 damage. That does not mean it counts for 3 (1 plus its effect), it counts as 2 total.

All cards you have are "damage." Each card = 1 point of damage.

With crits though, you draw the card face up and apply its rules to the game. You don't draw two cards.

WHOAH!!! Crits count as 1 damage + extra???

wow i've been playing that worng. DId i miss it in the rules?

Also it did seem off flying around with 2 shield 1 hull and 5 crit cards (one was 2 damage to the hull)

Yep, p.13 of the rules specifies that each card counts as 1 damage.

Natesroom said:

Whoa is right. The Criticals wouldn't be that critical if they didn't count for damage! A lot of the special effect damage is not even necessarily effective (it may shut down an elite pilot skill or a secondary weapon which you don't even have on that ship) so you would be luckier to get a crit pretty often!