<s>
Sid	B-Application
Meier	I-Application
's	I-Application
Antietam	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
,	O
the	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Firaxis	O
Games	O
,	O
then	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
1997	O
Sid	B-Application
Meier	I-Application
's	I-Application
Gettysburg	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
control	O
either	O
the	O
Confederate	O
or	O
Union	O
troops	O
during	O
the	O
Battle	B-Application
of	I-Application
Antietam	I-Application
of	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antietam	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
1999	O
"	O
Wargame	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
wargame	B-Application
game	O
of	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Antietam	B-Application
is	O
the	O
epitome	O
of	O
a	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
design	O
:	O
intensely	O
absorbing	O
and	O
wickedly	O
punishing.	O
"	O
</s>
