Commando: For Action and Adventure

Previously, I mentioned my purchase of the Commando Comics Airborne Assault collection. It was very much worth the price. The book contains three stories, each with inspiration for small skirmish scenarios - the kind with a squad or less per side (alone or as part of a larger action). They read like gritty war movies with the benefit that you can more easily go back to them for reference.

My enjoyment of the book led to the acquisition of the D-Day: Fight or Die! collection, a near 800 page monster of 12 issues. It was an eBay score of $12, well under the price others were asking, with the benefit of helping a charity shop - a win all around.

Each of the stories I've read so far has been a font of ideas - both for characters (important when playing with a handful of figures) and scenarios.

I highly recommend both of these books to anyone looking for ideas for smaller scale skirmish games or even WWII RPG (like Operation: Whitebox). 

Eventually, I will acquire more of these Commando collections - the Desert Rats book in particular. From what I gather, there may be some individual WWI issues as well.  I did briefly consider a subscription as it's an ongoing publication, but the per issue price is beyond my means and that makes the collections an even better bargain.