<t> It's Classic Strategic Command WW I. From the start menu I choose Play the Great War. I click through the menus until I get to Choose your Side. There are two choices, Central Powers on the left, and Entente on the right. There are flags displayed but I cannot click on them, only the bar ...

I'm obviously missing something because when I reach the screen for choosing The Entante or Central powers I can only choose between them. While I do see flags nothing happens when I click on them, not does the game manual address this.

No, it doesn't give me the option, it's all or nothing. For instance, I can't play as just Austria-Hungary, I have to play as all Germany and Turkey (and Bulgaria), which is a bit too much. Such a shame.

In prior SC entries you could choose to play as a single country and set the other's for the AI. It seems you can't with The Great War and that is a bit of a disappointment.