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Commando (role-playing game)

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Commando is a role-playing game published by Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1979.

Description

Commando is a military system of commando operations from World War II to the present.[1] The game is primarily a board wargame with secondary role-playing rules (24-pages) for character creation, skills, cooperative fire teams, and hero characters.[1]

Eric Goldberg designed Commando as a man-to-man tactical combat game featuring character creation and skills.[2]: 99 

Publication history

Commando was designed by Eric Goldberg, and published by Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1979 as a boxed set containing a 48-page book and a 24-page book, 12 maps, a charts folder, and dice.[1]

Reception

Commando won the H.G. Wells award for Best Roleplaying Rules of 1979.[1][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 253. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ^ "1979 Origins Awards Winners". Archived from the original on December 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "Origins Award Winners (1979)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-09-14.