In the summer of 1944, with Allies forcing German forces to retreat on both the Eastern and Western Fronts, a movement in the German High Command and various resistance groups began to coalesce around the idea of assassinating Hitler in order to seize power and sue the Allies for peace before Germany itself could be invaded.
[2] The map shows Germany as well as occupied and neutral countries in Europe in the last two years of World War II.
[3] In 1976, SPI published Russian Civil War 1918–1922, the first in a three-game series titled "Power Politics."
[2] In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, Martin Campion found the game "interesting, but the representation of political infighting in mechanical fashion often gives grotesque results.
"[3] In a retrospective review in Issue 4 of Simulacrum, Brian Train noted, "PTAH was the 'ugly duckling' of the three games in the Power Politics series.