<s>
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1985	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
tactical-scale	O
combat	O
on	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Front	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MS-DOS	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
he	O
launched	O
U.S.A.A.F.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
United	O
States	O
Army	O
Air	O
Force	O
and	O
Mech	B-Application
Brigade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
chose	O
to	O
incorporate	O
line	O
of	O
sight	O
in	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
,	O
a	O
first	O
for	O
a	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
widely	O
acclaimed	O
by	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
wargame	B-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Mark	O
Bausman	O
called	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
a	O
"	O
truly	O
superior	O
game	O
"	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
"	O
exercise	O
his	O
imagination	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
follow	O
a	O
complicated	O
game	O
structure.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Current	O
Notes	O
,	O
M	O
.	O
Evan	O
Brooks	O
called	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
an	O
"	O
instant	O
classic	O
"	O
and	O
offered	O
it	O
his	O
"	O
highest	O
recommendation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
readers	O
voted	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
the	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
across	O
all	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
editors	O
concurred	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
finest	O
wargame	B-Application
currently	O
available	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
argued	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
"	O
be	O
looked	O
back	O
upon	O
as	O
a	O
true	O
landmark	O
effort	O
in	O
computer	O
wargaming.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
inductees	O
into	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
"	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
"	O
section	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
remained	O
readers	O
 '	O
highest-rated	O
strategy	O
title	O
by	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
the	O
101st-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
wargame	B-Application
columnist	O
Terry	O
Coleman	O
named	O
it	O
his	O
pick	O
for	O
the	O
eighth-best	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
released	O
by	O
late	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
1989	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
survey	O
,	O
J	O
.	O
L	O
.	O
Miller	O
of	O
Computer	O
Play	O
dubbed	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
a	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSI	O
later	O
released	O
the	O
Kampfgruppe	B-Application
Scenario	O
Disk	O
,	O
which	O
adds	O
five	O
scenarios	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
