Commando (role-playing game)

The game box contains:[2] If using the role-playing rules, a group of players create commando characters to be sent out on missions presented by a gamemaster.

[2] It was published by SPI in 1979 as a boxed set with cover art by David Wenzel and graphic design by Redmond A.

[1] After publication, the game appeared on SPI's Top Ten Bestseller list for four months, rising as high as #4.

"[5] In Issue 65 of Fire & Movement, Jeff Petraska wrote, "Commando uses no counters and has square grid maps and at first glance looks a bit unwieldy.

He concluded, "Commando furnishes all the details, charts, and rules you'd expect from a wargame from back then, which makes it the kind of game that tends to send today's gamers running in terror!