Closing Curtains Fall 1903

My plan to go nowhere and do nothing succeeded!

It was my first super-safe play I've made. I didn't know which direction England was going to attack in nor was I 100% on the rules for cutting support so I had half my troops hold and the other half support the troops that were holding. It seems very against the spirit of the game and against the way I've been playing up to this point but now that I'm playing in a game with 7 active people, you have to be a little more careful.

That I have (almost) singlehandedly removed one of my competitors and neighbors out of the game I think is a real accomplishment at this stage. 

Once I find out which of his units are being destroyed, I can then push into his final supply center.

At a quick glance around the map, it's looking like most other countries are loosing or gaining a single supply center and I'm actually in the lead with 7. So that's nice. 

I'm also going to try and get into the North sea next turn. When following the history tab, that area looks to have been a mess. England, Russia and Germany all bouncing off each other pretty continuously since the beginning of the game. I'm going to seek support from either Russia or Germany to guarantee getting up there. I haven't even decided which I'm going to ally with yet - not that it matters at this stage, they're both "allied" with me to some extent. Germany and I had the 5 supply centers for 5 supply centers deal at the beginning of the game (which hasn't come to fruition for him) and I've been feeding Russia information. 

Ironically, as they're both about as powerful as each other, I think I'm going to side with the weakest and that is in the most flux. I'm not sure either of them have many friends on the map so they'd both be happy for me as an ally. Neither of them seem to be making much ground either. Russia is fighting with Austria pretty decently and Germany seems to be at a standstill (I suppose he's waiting for me to help with the North).