I play the guitar whlie I play EB. It takes a long time for the factions to make their moves plus add in the first 20 years down time for Casse (disbanding and building money), it feels like work. 20 years at 4 turns a season is 80 cycles. That's like 2 hours of play or something. Probably more.

It's a slow and painful process, but once you get the ball rolling it gets a lot better.