Jutland proved that the German navy was quite competent and their ships could withstand punishment, like the RN they had flaws but if anything proved far more serious a threat to British supremacy than I think the RN would care to concede. My question is rather than roll more sixes for the HSF, what your opinion is on having the submarine screen impact the battle. If the Grand Fleet main body sights, is attacked or takes a loss from submarines I think it can put Beatty out alone longer. Assuming he is not simply recalled and continues his hunt for the German Battlecruisers, can we get him taking more losses?
So the battle proceeds according, resulting in the loss of three Battlecruisers, the variable might be no luck at all aboard HMS Lion, and she is lost too? But saving her gets us to when Beatty learns the HSF itself is steaming up. Does he break contact, his 3 BC and 4 BB only facing the 5 German ships, some damaged? If so I think Jutland is more the strategic victory German seeks, they are looking to repeat it, learning from it and improving the submarine screens that here both reported the Grand Fleet and managed to disrupt it.
Or do we roll a six and have Beatty try to even things up, maybe the report on the HSF is missed or does not get sent, so he stays after the fight. We know the BBs can destroy the German ships, but have we put them in the grip of the HSF main body? How does our 7 ship group do versus the now coalescing HSF? If you want a grand victory at Jutland this is the best I can sketch, the defeat in detail sought at each turn, we merely need Jellicoe misled still and tripped upon the submarine screen, delayed or even worse turned back, since I think Beatty will sail into the jaws of defeat given the opportunity. I think with even an hour delay in arriving, Jellicoe is too late and Jutland can be both a tactical and strategic coup for Germany. And we now might assume there will be another big naval battle in WW1.