Commando

Commando is a role-playing game published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1979. Description Commando is a man-to-man tactical combat game that simulates commando operations from World War II to the present. Although it was marketed as a role-playing game, reviewers called it primarily a board wargame with a set of role-playing rules grafted onto it. The role-playing rules include character creation, skills, cooperative fire teams, and hero characters. Components The game box contains: twelve geomorphic 11" x 17" double-sided paper maps with a square grid scaled at 3 m per square 47-page wargame rulebook 23-page role-playing rulebook two copies of 8-page booklet of charts addenda sheet dated September 1979 two 20-sided dice four small six-sided dice Gameplay If using the role-playing rules, a group of players create commando characters to be sent out on missions presented by a gamemaster. The players can increase the hero rating of their character at the end of each successful mission. These can be used to gain special abilities.