I played that game a few times when I was younger. It was a good game.
I think most people choosing a side in any of these historical games has nothing to do with political nonsense or ideology. In fact, I think going down that path ranks right up there with having "fact checkers" to tell everyone what the facts are....
In the slight chance there is some idiot choosing things based on some ideology the nuttiness factor makes it self correcting for everyone around them.