Table Air Combat: B-25H Mitchell

Table Air Combat is a fast, simple air combat game that can be played on any flat surface. Each ruleset is a self-contained game including cut-out miniatures of one aircraft and a set of rules. All you need are some six-sided dice and some coins to provide weight for the aircraft counters.

Each player has a flight of four fighters, represented by two counters. Aircraft counters move by means of curved “performance rulers” that represent the aircraft’s historical cornering ability and maximum speed.

TAC is designed for portability: the entire game can fit in a plastic bag. Even the largest battles can take place on a fast-food restaurant table.

The B-25H was an armoured strafer version of the B-25. The bombardier's position was replaced with a 75mm field cannon, the glazed nose was replaced with armour plating, and an additional four .50 machine guns were installed. B-25H aircraft engaged in anti-shipping and low-level strafing. This set is a self-contained rulebook that includes miniatures for the B-25H and contains four scenarios that may reference other aircraft:

Destroyer: A single B-25H element engages a gun duel against a Japanese destroyer.

Convoy: Attack a Japanese supply convoy.

Wewak: Fight A6M5 Zero fighters while skip-bombing Japanese shipping

Rabaul: Strafe a heavily-defended Japanese airfield using parafrag bombs. Heavy AAA fire and continually-spawning A6M5 Zero fighters threaten to overwhelm the strafers.

New rules include:

 AAA positions: Land-based guns that guard targets.
 Flak suppression:  Heavy maching gun fire can temporarily stop a ship or AAA position from firing.
 Parafrags:  Small fragmentation bombs that are used at low altitudes.

New targets include:

 Kagero-class Japanese destroyer
 Japanese cargo ship
 Japanese airfield
 AAA positions

—description from the publisher