I was playing a game last night to introduce my friend to this awsome game and he scored a critical hit on one of my ships and i pulled this card.

Minor Explosion : [ Ship ] Immediately roll 1 attack die. on a regular hit result suffer 1 damage. Then flip this card face down.

My question is how much damage do i actually take on this card? my friend was trying to argue that i actually suffer 2 damge on for taking the critical hit then the second hit for the effect of the card. I was sure that I only took one damage due to the card effect. so Just exactly how much damage do I take?

thanks in advance, some of the wording on the crit cards are a little confusing at times.

You receive a critical hit card.

The card drawn is minor explosion.

You roll an attack die.

1) If a regular hit icon is rolled, draw another damage card and flip this critical card over (as the critical effect has been applied and it turns into a regular damage card). Result: 2 damage total.

2) If anything else is rolled, even a critical hit icon, then no additional damage is applied. Flip this critical card over (as the critical effect has been applied and it turns into a regular damage card). Result: 1 damage total

Not much of a critical hit is it, if it only does 0 or 1 damage. So your answer is 1 and another possible 1 with the die roll.