Raider Variant

A boardgame by Yaquinto

Justification

I find the game interesting, except for the tactical combat system which is rather boring. My idea is to employ instead the tactical combat system of another game depicting the same era, that of Avalon Hill's Bismarck as this game's system is rather detailed and fun.

To this end I started rating ships in the Bismarck system, but quickly ran out of data. I wonder if there is any World War II naval gaming expert out there who could help complete the following table? i.e. what should the values be for the Bow, Starboard, Port and Stern Turrets as well as the number of Midships hits, Evasion Rating and Torpedo Rating in Bismarck terms?

What the columns signify:

Torp = Torpedo rating in the game Raider
Bow = Bow Turrets in Bismarck
S = Starboard Turrets in Bismarck
P = Port Turrets in Bismarck
Stern = Stern Turrets in Bismarck
Mid = Midships Hits in Bismarck
ER = Evasion Rating in Bismarck
Torpedo = Torpedo rating in Bismarck

Turrets
ShipTypeTorpBowSPSternMidERTorpedo
HermesCVL-
ShahCVE-
BerwickCA-3210021 OO324
Canberra CA1/2
CornwallCA-3210021 OO324
CumberlandCA-3210021 OO324
KentCA-3210021 OO324
HobartCL1/2
NeptuneCL1/2
SydneyCL1/2
DragonCL2/4
DunedinCL2/4
DurbanCL2/4
AlcantaraAMC-
AntenorAMC-
CaliforniaAMC-
HectorAMC-
ManooraAMC-
RanchiAMC-
RanpuraAMC-
RelentlessDD2
RocketDD2
VampireDD1
BengalMS-
GlorieCL1/2321001 OO314
MontcalmCL1/2
SufferenCA2/4
TrompDL1/2

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This page first created Feb 27, 1999.
Last update: Sat Oct 23 14:10:15 PDT 1999
Please forward any comments and additions to Rick Heli