<s>
Battleground	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
between	O
1995	O
and	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
:	O
Bulge-Ardennes	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
2	O
:	O
Gettysburg	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
3	O
:	O
Waterloo	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
4	O
:	O
Shiloh	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
issue	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
5	O
:	O
Antietam	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
fifth	O
issue	O
in	O
the	O
popular	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
simulated	O
combat	O
at	O
the	O
1862	O
Battle	B-Application
of	I-Application
Antietam	I-Application
and	O
the	O
earlier	O
Battle	O
of	O
South	O
Mountain	O
during	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	O
War	O
's	O
Maryland	O
Campaign	O
,	O
using	O
both	O
a	O
video	O
version	O
of	O
miniature	O
wargaming	O
and	O
board	O
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
6	O
:	O
Napoleon	O
in	O
Russia	O
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
7	O
:	O
Bull	O
Run	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
seventh	O
issue	O
in	O
the	O
popular	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
8	O
:	O
Prelude	O
to	O
Waterloo	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
TalonSoft	O
announced	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battleground	B-Application
9	O
:	O
Chickamauga	O
is	O
the	O
ninth	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
1998	O
Charles	O
Roberts	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Pre-Twentieth	O
Century	O
Computer	B-Application
Wargame	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
Collector	I-Application
's	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
dubbed	O
Battleground	B-Application
"	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
wargame	B-Application
series	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
nominated	O
Bulge-Ardennes	O
and	O
Gettysburg	O
for	O
its	O
1995	O
"	O
Best	O
Wargame	B-Application
"	O
award	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
lost	O
to	O
Steel	B-Application
Panthers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
Battleground	B-Application
games	O
of	O
1996	O
—	O
Shiloh	O
,	O
Antietam	O
and	O
Waterloo	O
—	O
collectively	O
won	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Pluss	O
wargame	B-Application
of	O
the	O
year	O
award	O
for	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waterloo	O
and	O
Antietam	O
were	O
runners-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Entertainments	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
War	O
Game	O
"	O
prize	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Tigers	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Prowl	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Battleground	B-Application
series	O
,	O
collectively	O
,	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
75th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
by	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
