The player may choose to be either the President of the United States or the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and must lead the chosen superpower for eight years, seeking to maximize "prestige" and avoiding a nuclear war.
玩家在遊戲開始時需要選擇成為美國總統或苏联共产党中央委员会总书记，領導自己的超級大國八年，盡量最大化國家的威信並避免引發核戰。