<s>
Avalon	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
's	I-Application
Squad	I-Application
Leader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Random	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
under	O
the	O
MicroProse	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
the	O
decade	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
worked	O
with	O
Atomic	O
Games	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
adaptation	O
called	O
Beyond	B-Application
Squad	I-Application
Leader	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
companies	O
 '	O
partnership	O
collapsed	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
the	O
unrelated	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
fell	O
through	O
in	O
July	O
1998	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
independent	O
wargame	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
run-up	O
to	O
Hasbro	O
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Bill	O
Levay	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
hired	O
Random	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
after	O
detecting	O
the	O
"	O
spirit	O
of	O
Squad	O
Leader	O
in	O
their	O
game	O
Chaos	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
"	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Warhammer	O
40,000	O
board	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
head	O
of	O
marketing	O
for	O
Squad	O
Leaders	O
computer	O
version	O
,	O
Tom	O
Nichols	O
,	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
heavily	O
based	O
"	O
on	O
Chaos	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Squad	O
Leader	O
also	O
reused	O
that	O
project	O
's	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
likewise	O
appeared	O
in	O
Random	O
's	O
Soldiers	B-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Squad	O
Leader	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
