<s>
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
is	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Gibsons	O
Games	O
of	O
London	O
in	O
1973	O
that	O
simulates	O
attempted	O
escapes	O
by	O
Allied	O
prisoners-of-war	O
(	O
POWs	O
)	O
from	O
Oflag	O
IV-C	O
(	O
better	O
known	O
as	O
Colditz	O
Castle	O
)	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
is	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
for	O
2	O
–	O
6	O
players	O
in	O
which	O
one	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
security	O
officer	O
at	O
Colditz	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
players	O
represent	O
the	O
various	O
nationalities	O
of	O
POWs	O
being	O
held	O
there	O
who	O
are	O
trying	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
means	O
to	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
,	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
by	O
Gibsons	O
Games	O
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
game	O
titled	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Digital	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colditz	O
Escape	O
!,	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
game	O
engine	O
recreation	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Aperture	O
Software	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1972	O
,	O
Invicta	O
Plastics	O
published	O
an	O
unrelated	O
board	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
18-year-old	O
Adrian	O
Wild	O
titled	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
Castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
that	O
game	O
proved	O
popular	O
,	O
selling	O
130,000	O
copies	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
quickly	O
forgotten	O
once	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Gibsons	O
Games	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
6	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
should	O
provide	O
many	O
hours	O
of	O
enjoyment	O
for	O
most	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
family.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
A	O
Boy	O
's	O
Own	O
Story	O
of	O
Imaginary	O
Combat	O
,	O
journalist	O
Harry	O
Pearson	O
noted	O
the	O
one	O
problem	O
he	O
had	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
"	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Colditz	I-Application
was	O
hugely	O
popular	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
had	O
one	O
major	O
defect	O
—	O
someone	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Germans	O
.	O
</s>
