<s>
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1984	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grigsby	O
later	O
built	O
on	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
with	O
his	O
project	O
Second	B-Application
Front	I-Application
:	I-Application
Germany	I-Application
Turns	I-Application
East	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
initially	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
remake	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second	O
Front	O
then	O
supplied	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
another	O
successor	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Front	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
at	O
the	O
division	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
scope	O
and	O
complexity	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
classified	O
as	O
a	O
monster	O
wargame	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
he	O
launched	O
Objective	B-Application
:	I-Application
Kursk	I-Application
and	O
Reforger	B-Application
'	I-Application
88	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1985	O
survey	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
for	O
Current	O
Notes	O
,	O
M	O
.	O
Evan	O
Brooks	O
called	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
the	O
definitive	O
monster	O
wargame	B-Application
and	O
"	O
another	O
essential	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Wargamer	O
's	O
Library	O
"	O
,	O
despite	O
noting	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
its	O
large	O
scope	O
and	O
the	O
flaws	O
with	O
its	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
1989	O
survey	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
,	O
J	O
.	O
L	O
.	O
Miller	O
of	O
Computer	O
Play	O
recommended	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
found	O
highly	O
detailed	O
and	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
complex	O
"	O
than	O
Strategic	O
Studies	O
Group	O
's	O
competing	O
product	O
Russia	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
East	I-Application
1941	I-Application
–	I-Application
1945	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Alan	O
Emrich	O
,	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
"	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
monster	O
wargame	B-Application
for	O
the	O
computer	O
,	O
a	O
triumph	O
of	O
scale	O
,	O
subject	O
matter	O
and	O
head-to-head	O
play	O
via	O
e-email.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-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
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
the	O
126th-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
14th-best	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
released	O
by	O
late	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
built	O
on	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
in	O
Second	B-Application
Front	I-Application
:	I-Application
Germany	I-Application
Turns	I-Application
East	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
at	O
first	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
straight	O
remake	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
subsequently	O
built	O
on	O
Second	O
Front	O
with	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	I-Application
Russia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
