Well, I wasn't able to muster the energy to sort through the 100 or so screenshots I took for this game, but I will give a summary. I realized immediately that Sulla had erased resources since we are guaranteed one in the BFC. Washington was a nice leader for this since he is Expansive, but Charismatic was a waste. There are "other ways into happiness" as the tip goes and I would rather be Financial Pacal. Anyway, I ran a pure CE since obviously not enough food for an SE and laid down cottages when possible. I prioritized HR and Aqueducts, and Liberalism -> Astronomy since we had an isolated start to boot. Unfortunately despite bulbing Philosophy and a good chunk of Education, I lost the Liberalsim race by eight turns. That was about the time my Caravel found out the AIs still had their resources
. Wow, what a tough game Sulla gave us! By the time I had Astronomy it was too late to have a war of conquest. I used some basic diplomacy tricks to stay alive long enough to see JC launch, at which point I was researching Radio I think.
Darrell

Darrell