Is it possible, or has anyone tried, to run a slow Epirus campaign? I really enjoy the population Submod because though I play a load of strategy and grand strategy titles, I've never much liked pursuing a mega-blob too early on, especially when that means eliminating a lot of the factions that I find interesting to have in the world. It's why I quit my first Epirus campaign around turn 20 or 30, because it's just.. underwhelming to kill Rome so early when they are literally the "main character" of the setting, and it's why I've always been peeved that, without the Submod, Rome will often just steamroll through Africa in the first fifty turns.
So has anyone tried running an Epirus campaign where maybe they take Megale Hellas and try to limit their expansion (at least early on) into Sikelia and Italia?
I would imagine it would be very difficult, and peacing out with Rome or Carthage would be challenging, but I feel like the Pop Submod makes it not-impossible the way it'd be if you were constantly facing unlimited Roman and Carthaginian armies.